·Love was communal，Nobody cared who the father was everyone raised the tribe's children together。
·Then came farming for the first time，wealth could now be passed down。
·knowing your father was crucial for inheriting land and animals。
·This created pair bonds to assure men the child was truly his own。
·Then as villages grew into kingdoms，there was even more wealth to pass down。
·This is when marriage became recorded and witnessed as your bloodline determined。
·if you were a peasant or true heir to the crown，to make sure strong families stuck together。
·detailed laws such as dowry and adultery punishments were introduced by medieval Europe the church。
·got involved banning close kin marriages and polygamy laying the foundation for marriage。
as we know today。