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Ask a biologist
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RE: Ask a biologist
(May 23, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Why are there nipples on men?

It has to do with early development. Initially, the embryo follows a female developmental path (it doesn't express testosterone in the first two months of development), and by then it's too late (we're stuck with mammary papilla). 
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