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Ask a biologist
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#31
RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Why are there nipples on men?
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 8:29 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 9:24 pm by nihilistcat.)
(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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#33
RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 9:05 pm
Explain how sex came to be.
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 9:22 pm
(May 23, 2015 at 9:05 pm)Chuck Wrote: Explain how sex came to be.

Tough one ... because it's not well settled (difficult to test). Asexual reproduction arose first (single celled organisms basically just dividing), and early in the evolutionary process, either a mutations arose (creating parasitic genetic elements) or through an endosymbiotic process, bacterial proteins that were able to induce meiosis in eukaryotic cells (there's also an RNA theory of sexual reproduction). 
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#35
RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 10:01 pm
what he's trying to ask is:
When did the first animal poke it in and get dirty and slutty!
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 10:17 pm
Sex is not restricted to animals.
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 10:36 pm
Of course not, plants have sex (sort of) Smile
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 10:54 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 10:54 pm by ignoramus.)
ouch ...then again, Vorlon might love being a female cactus!
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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 10:57 pm
(May 23, 2015 at 10:36 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: Of course not, plants have sex (sort of) Smile

And there is a porno for it 

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RE: Ask a biologist
May 23, 2015 at 11:04 pm
How about pronos of single called fungi having sex?
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