How is exogamy adaptive?
a: it increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic expression and thus be eliminated from the population
b: it impedes peaceful relations among social groups and therefore promotes population expansion
c: it was an important casual factor in the origin of the state
d: it is not adaptive; it is just a cultural construction
e: it increases the number of individuals on whom one can rely in time of need
Answer: e: it increases the number of individuals on whom one can rely in time of need
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