Greg Mayer, who blogs at Jerry Coyne’s place, Why Evolution Is True, explains that fish didn’t start sex, regardless what the headlines say (what do copy editors know, anyway?).
Bacteria started sex, Mayer says. Probably about 7th grade, but it got worse in high school.
Mayer also discusses the Neanderthal genome study.
Now we know why creationists don’t study these areas of evolution: Too much sex.
You probably should bookmark that blog. I’ve added it to the science blogroll here.
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The “Fish knew first about sex“ articles are really about the earliest evidence of f—ing (ie. internal fertilization of eggs in the female’s body by intromission of the male’s sperm).
The misinterpretation is an excellent example of Anthropocentrism. Since sex to humans involves f—ing then sex “is” f—ing.
Too bad we can’t have a headline like:
“First Fish Found To F—”
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!
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The “Fish knew first about sex“ articles are really about the earliest evidence of f—ing (ie. internal fertilization of eggs in the female’s body by intromission of the male’s sperm).
The misinterpretation is an excellent example of Anthropocentrism. Since sex to humans involves f—ing then sex “is” f—ing.
Too bad we can’t have a headline like:
“First Fish Found To F—“
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