Dr. Tara Swart

Yeah. To some, you know, more consciously or less consciously, depending on the woman. Yeah.

So let me kind of explain the physiology behind it from the research that we know the best. Yes. Which is in prairie voles. So there are two types of voles in America. Marsh or mountain voles.

So let me kind of explain the physiology behind it from the research that we know the best. Yes. Which is in prairie voles. So there are two types of voles in America. Marsh or mountain voles.

It's a little rat-like creature.

It's a little rat-like creature.

No.

No.

It's a vole. It's more like a mouse or a rat. Okay, cool. The ones that live in the marsh or the mountain, they have plenty of food and plenty of shelter, and they're super promiscuous. The ones that moved to the prairie, where there's scarce food and shelter, they snuggle in and settle down and become monogamous for life.

It's a vole. It's more like a mouse or a rat. Okay, cool. The ones that live in the marsh or the mountain, they have plenty of food and plenty of shelter, and they're super promiscuous. The ones that moved to the prairie, where there's scarce food and shelter, they snuggle in and settle down and become monogamous for life.

Yeah.

Yeah.

These voles. It's a little mess. The voles are monogamous.

These voles. It's a little mess. The voles are monogamous.

If they live in the prairie, but not if they live in a farm.

If they live in the prairie, but not if they live in a farm.

If they have all the food and abundance, they're just... And lots of female voles that they can go and visit.

If they have all the food and abundance, they're just... And lots of female voles that they can go and visit.

Because they know that if they get one vole pregnant and she's left on her own to look after her young, they're going to survive because they're well sheltered. There's plenty of food for her to nip out and bring it back to the babies. Yeah. But in the prairie, if he was promiscuous, then the chances of his offspring dying are quite high because she can't defend the nest herself.

Because they know that if they get one vole pregnant and she's left on her own to look after her young, they're going to survive because they're well sheltered. There's plenty of food for her to nip out and bring it back to the babies. Yeah. But in the prairie, if he was promiscuous, then the chances of his offspring dying are quite high because she can't defend the nest herself.

She can't find enough food for herself and then without help. And so let's extrapolate this. How does this help humans?