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To: whattajoke

"Some studies suggest the "stink" from your groin is actually a vestigial evolutionary byproduct as well."

Really? And all along I thought it was just bacteria.

So now smell is an evolutionary byproduct?


217 posted on 01/31/2006 10:35:37 AM PST by webstersII
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To: webstersII; whattajoke
So now smell is an evolutionary byproduct?

It is when the organism does things to "cultivate" it for some purpose. Like pheremones for example, or the fragrance of flowers which attracts pollinating insects. Or even the horrible stink like rotten corpses from flowers that rely on flies for pollination.

481 posted on 01/31/2006 7:59:06 PM PST by Ichneumon
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