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83:5.2 The next step in [[mating]] [[evolution]] was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage group marriage]. This [[communal]] [[phase]] of marriage had to [[intervene]] in the unfolding of [[family]] life because the marriage [[mores]] were not yet strong enough to make pair associations permanent. The brother and sister marriages belonged to this group; five brothers of one family would marry five sisters of another. All over the world the looser forms of [[communal]] marriage gradually evolved into various [[types]] of group marriage. And these [[group]] [[associations]] were largely regulated by the [[totem]] [[mores]]. [[Family]] life slowly and surely [[developed]] because [[sex]] and marriage regulation [[favored]] the [[survival]] of the [[tribe]] itself by insuring the [[survival]] of larger numbers of [[children]].

83:5.2 The next step in [[mating]] [[evolution]] was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage group marriage]. This [[communal]] [[phase]] of marriage had to [[intervene]] in the unfolding of [[family]] life because the marriage [[mores]] were not yet strong enough to make pair associations permanent. The brother and sister marriages belonged to this group; five brothers of one family would marry five sisters of another. All over the world the looser forms of [[communal]] marriage gradually evolved into various [[types]] of group marriage. And these [[group]] [[associations]] were largely regulated by the [[totem]] [[mores]]. [[Family]] life slowly and surely [[developed]] because [[sex]] and marriage regulation [[favored]] the [[survival]] of the [[tribe]] itself by insuring the [[survival]] of larger numbers of [[children]].

83:5.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage Group marriages] [[gradually]] gave way before the emerging [[practices]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamy]—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny polygyny] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry polyandry]—among the more advanced [[tribes]]. But http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry polyandry] was never general, being usually [[limited]] to queens and [[Wealth|rich]] [[women]]; furthermore, it was customarily a [[family]] affair, one wife for several brothers. [[Caste]] and [[economic]] restrictions sometimes made it [[necessary]] for several men to content themselves with one [[wife]]. Even then, the woman would marry only one, the others being loosely tolerated as "uncles" of the joint [[progeny]].

83:5.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage Group marriages] [[gradually]] gave way before the emerging [[practices]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamy]—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny polygyny] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry polyandry]—among the more advanced [[tribes]]. But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry polyandry] was never general, being usually [[limited]] to queens and [[Wealth|rich]] [[women]]; furthermore, it was customarily a [[family]] affair, one wife for several brothers. [[Caste]] and [[economic]] restrictions sometimes made it [[necessary]] for several men to content themselves with one [[wife]]. Even then, the woman would marry only one, the others being loosely tolerated as "uncles" of the joint [[progeny]].

83:5.4 The [[Jewish]] [[custom]] requiring that a man consort with his deceased [[brother]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow widow] for the [[purpose]] of "raising up seed for his brother,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22] was the [[custom]] of more than half the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_World ancient world]. This was a [[relic]] of the [[time]] when marriage was a [[family]] affair rather than an [[individual]] [[association]].

83:5.4 The [[Jewish]] [[custom]] requiring that a man consort with his deceased [[brother]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow widow] for the [[purpose]] of "raising up seed for his brother,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22] was the [[custom]] of more than half the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_World ancient world]. This was a [[relic]] of the [[time]] when marriage was a [[family]] affair rather than an [[individual]] [[association]].