Cuckolded fathers rare in human populations

Despite the urban myth reinforced by many a daytime talk show, researchers say the emerging evidence consistently indicates that very few fathers have unknowingly raised children who were not biologically their own. The collective evidence for low rates of extra-pair paternity challenges the notion that it pays, evolutionarily speaking, to sleep around, the researchers say.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160405161120.htm