This is an original theory of human evolution. Current arguments for human evolution take a Western viewpoint, assuming monogamy, selected marriage and food gathering as the important factors in human evolution. However, outside of Western societies, polygyny and arranged marriages are normal. This book argues that humans evolved using arranged marriages for cooperation, and that this is the defining factor in human evolution. Arranged marriages are the exchange of cooperation for reproduction. Before extensive central governments and market economies, people used arranged marriages to bind their societies. A second major implication is that people enter into long-term relationships with no selection. This form of cooperation and sexual reproduction is unique to humans amongst all animals, yet it has been ignored as a factor in human evolution. Original arguments are given for every major human trait, such as: cooperative behaviour, sexual behaviour, morphological traits, and...

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