Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Science explains ‘why men exist’

Seems as though men are necessary for human reproduction. No, honest.

‘Population benefits of sexual selection explain the existence of males’

New research shows that an evolutionary force known as 'sexual selection' can explain the persistence of sex as a dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring.

“Research published in “Nature shows that sexual selection -- when males compete and females choose over reproduction -- improves population health and protects against extinction, even in the face of genetic stress from high levels of inbreeding.

“The findings help explain why sex persists as a dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518111547.htm

(To put the research into man talk, “Men exist to have sex with women.”

(Oh. Killing spiders and lifting heavy boxes of secondary importance.)

Scientist: "’We wanted to understand how Darwinian selection can allow this widespread and seemingly wasteful reproductive system to persist, when a system where all individuals produce offspring without sex -- as in all-female asexual populations -- would be a far more effective route to reproduce greater numbers of offspring.’’

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