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 ...
still is ...
Leaving aside the bathroom humor, here’s the real question: did taxpayer funds pay for this redundant study?
People study Darwin in College, all life evolved over billions of years... I am assuming that people mocked him and laughed at him when he wrote his idiotic book about how life began and evolved. I know they don’t mock him today, have mercy on our civilization.
Erectile drugs cause heart attacks, strokes and lower sperm count too.
It's a good one, no doubt. Caught my eye, I can tell ya.
Wow, I can’t believe over 20 posts before someone noticed the date. Although, I really wanted to click on the Hooter’s calender link to make sure it was only going to be owl pictures.
Uhm, no.
God formed us, as is. Anyone saying otherwise, is wrong.
The study also states that these organisms came from Uranus.
This is one of those things I don’t wanna delve any deeper into.
I sphinct they may be mistaken, but the hole study might make an interesting read.
Sooner or later this will however get saddled on by some freak troll who will claim Earth's lifeforms originated on Uranus.
Where was the study done? San Francisco?...........
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