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Shedding our penis spines helped us become human, DNA study hints
Guardian ^
| Wednesday 9 March 2011
| Ian Sample
Posted on 03/10/2011 1:50:12 PM PST by Cardhu
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To: Larry Lucido
Penis spines?
Well. Looks like our primitive friends know more than we give them credit for.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:15:05 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
To: Cardhu
Because of the continual genetic comparison between humans and chimpanzees without ever mentioning comparative differences amongst other life forms, my suspicion is that a great deal of commonality exists between all life forms.
While a human and a chimp may be 97 percent identical. A human and a pine tree may perhaps be 90 percent identical?
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:18:08 PM PST
by
fso301
To: paudio
are more common in animals that face intense competition for mates, and where females are likely to mate with many males in rapid succession.Author must be talking about "Holder's People".
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:25:49 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
To: Cardhu
*It never ceases to amaze me at how much detail these scientists can infer from evidence that isnt there.*
There is something fascinating about science.
One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture
out of such a trifling investment of fact.
~Mark Twain.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:26:42 PM PST
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:27:32 PM PST
by
sit-rep
To: Slings and Arrows
Not-A- Ping...
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:29:43 PM PST
by
The SISU kid
(I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
To: MrB
I think the Apostle Paul said it first, roughly the same. Romans 7:15
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:29:53 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White.)
To: Cardhu
Don’t be ridiculous. How would lawyers ever stand up?
To: frithguild
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:31:13 PM PST
by
CommerceComet
(Governor Romney, why would any conservative vote for the author of the beta version of ObamaCare?)
To: Cardhu
Little Willie sez that he needs his spine back, please.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:35:18 PM PST
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: Cardhu
One missing section of DNA was found to block a gene that, in other animals, stifles the growth of brain cells. So that explains the stupidity of libtards. They are not missing the specific section of DNA, and the gene that inhibits the growth of brain cells is not blocked.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:35:20 PM PST
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: Larry Lucido
Who has the penis spine ping list? Or did we lose that too? We're hydraulic.
"The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins speculated in 2006 that the loss of the bone in humans, when it is present in our nearest related species the chimpanzee, is a result of sexual selection by females looking for signs of good health in prospective mates. The reliance of the human penis solely on hydraulic means to achieve a rigid state makes it particularly vulnerable to blood pressure variation. Poor erectile function betrays not only physical states such as diabetes and neurological disorders but mental states such as stress and depression.[6]
It has also been speculated that the loss of the bone in humans, when it is present in our nearest related species the chimpanzee, is because humans evolved a mating system in which the male tended to accompany a particular female all the time to attempt to ensure paternity of her children which allows for frequent matings of short duration.
Observation suggests that primates with a baculum only infrequently encounter females, but engage in longer periods of copulation which the baculum makes possible, thereby maximizing their chances of fathering the female's offspring. For humans, it is almost impossible to tell when the female is fertile so frequent matings would be necessary to ensure paternity."
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:40:26 PM PST
by
Cardhu
To: driftdiver
And to think that we support these inane studies with our tax dollars. Is it any surprise that we are broke?
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:40:38 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Liberalism = Communism under the guise of compassion.)
To: Cardhu
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:48:31 PM PST
by
Paradox
(Matthews has the emotional equilibrium of a pregnant, gambling chihuahua on meth.)
To: Larry Lucido; Fromhardt; Mobile Vulgus; Islaminaction; sausageseller; Suvroc10; humblegunner; ...
I have the list!
(It’s composed of nothing but zotted bloggers.)
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:51:10 PM PST
by
shibumi
(I am The Nexus One - I want more life, Baby I aint done!)
To: Larry Lucido
Who has the penis spine ping list? Or did we lose that too?
We don’t have one. If you have penis spines you post over at Democratic Underground.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:55:09 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: The Hogwarts of stupid.)
To: The SISU kid; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
I was wondering where I left those...
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:56:42 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Cardhu
I imagine they also made the “second date” a much greater possibility.
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:00:17 PM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: Responsibility2nd
A charter member of the Steepledick tribe.
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:03:42 PM PST
by
OldEagle
To: Larry Lucido; Eaker; TheMom
I think Eaker has it but the Mom won’t let him take it out of the house by himself.......:o)
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:09:51 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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