&gt; Possibly even more pedantic, have you noticed how, even though the authors clearly know the difference between polygyny and polygamy, they seem to somtimes use both terms interchangeably?<p>Bu they don&#x27;t: the authors of the &quot;Media Release&quot;, who are writing for the general public using language as familiar as possible, use the term &quot;polygamy&quot;, but never in quotes from the authors of the study -- which always use &quot;polygyny&quot;. The study itself always uses &quot;polygyny&quot; (and, at least at one point, more specifically &quot;non-sororal polygyny&quot;); the only times &quot;polygamy&quot; (or related forms like &quot;polygamous&quot;) appear in the paper itself are in discussions of what other others studies found, one mention discussing forms of pair-bonding as &quot;monogamous and polygamous&quot;, and in titles of works cited.