[ **up:** [[Polygamy]] ] --- # Polygyny [[Polygyny and pastoralism often coevolve with bridewealth (transfers from the groom or his family to the bride’s family).|Polygyny and pastoralism often coevolve with bridewealth (transfers from the groom or his family to the bride’s family).]][^1] [^1]: Juan Du and Ruth Mace, ‘[[Du & Mace. ‘Marriage Stability in a Pastoralist Society’, 2019.|Marriage Stability in a Pastoralist Society]]’, *Behavioural Ecology* 30, no. 6 (8 November 2019), p. 1.