As children approached 11, attitudes toward girls shifted Thus sex evolved to produce variation as a sort of group benefit plan, allowing groups that reproduced sexually to keep up with changes in their environment. Okay, but how exactly did sex come about
One of the earliest depictions of male sexuality ever discovered
Science journalist rachel feltman dives into the saucy science of doing it.
The story of human sexuality is as old as humanity itself
But how did our earliest ancestors discover sex, and how did this knowledge spread through the generations Join me on a journey back to the beginnings of our species to explore the fascinating ways in which sex was discovered and transmitted throughout history The origins of sexual discovery imagine a world thousands of years ago. Explainer how did humans figure out that sex makes babies
Here, we explore what science and archaeology reveal about the sex lives of early humans—and how those behaviors shaped the course of human history Life, love, and survival in the prehistoric world early humans faced a world where survival depended on community, adaptability, and resourcefulness. Sex, the argument went, produces genetic variation by combining the genes of two individuals Very well, then, variation must be advantageous to the species