Omoka children and the high rate of extra-pair paternity among the Himba prove that Himba women are what Hrdy wants us to understand all primate females, including women, to be: not essentially retiring and naturally monogamous because of our biology but creatures who live at the intersection of biology and culture and ecology, making us “flexible and opportunistic individuals who confront recurring reproductive dilemmas and trade-offs within a world of shifting options.”
