Posted on 04/01/2025 8:05:00 AM PDT by dayglored
If the genes of a tiny, bumless invertebrate are anything to go by, our anuses might be repurposed sperm chutes.
A new study suggests instead of releasing waste, the first anal orifice was an exit hatch for male sex cells which was given a new task.
Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway investigated the genetics of xenacoelomorphs; distant relatives of flatworms that have a cul-de-sac for a gut. Despite this lack of a dedicated poop-hole, xenacoelomorphs use some of the same genes we use to turn our digestive system into a tube, only to create a genital opening known as a gonadopore instead.
"Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things," zoologist Andreas Hejnol told Michael Le Page at New Scientist.
Animal anuses exist in an unexpected variety of forms, from myriad waste-releasing pores on flatworm backs to jellyfish that don't bother with a dedicated channel for rubbish at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
How does this crap even get funded?
Those grants need to be cancelled right away.
“Pete Buttigieg.”
Hilarious... :)
I wonder who paid for this?
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you did via USAID & NGOs
“We’re not homosexuals...just originalists!”
“A new $tudy sugge$t$”
The re$ult of mo$t Studie$ i$ “More $tudieS needed”.
How did USAID miss out on dumping billions of washable dough into this highly relevant study?
Who paid for this?
Well-argued. Thanks.
Is this an April Fool’s post?
Many Dem and RINO congressmen keep their heads in there.
So, clearly the act known as ‘the blumpkin’ came about after a couple billion years of evolution, and man’s creation of the toilet.
Good thing man is not a descendant of animals, but a separate creature made in the express image of God. Like God, we are triune, consisting of body, soul and spirit. Our soul is our mind and emotions and our spirit is the part of us that communes with God. Animals may have souls, but they do not have spirits. We are unique in the biological system.
“Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things,” zoologist Andreas Hejnol told Michael Le Page at New Scientist.” But, no pun intended, what about hermaphrodites?
This challenges the standard model of a common line of descent for our species. This is a highly plausible for the descent of liberals, but it’s a real stretch for the rest of us.
I haven’t read the article, but this is my favorite headline of the day.
So far, anyway.
“A new study suggests instead of releasing waste, the first anal orifice was an exit hatch for male sex cells which was given a new task.“
Do these idiots ever listen to themselves? EVER!?
for democrats, it used to be their mouth
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