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The Evolutionary Mysteries of Religion and Orgasms

Author: Kate Douglas         Source: NewScientist

There are some thorny mysteries in the evolution of female sexuality. Is there a purpose to the female orgasm? What about menopause, menstruation and prominent breasts? Evolutionary psychologist David Barash jumps bravely into exploring these and other conundrums of human evolution in his new book, Homo Mysterious.

In searching for the "why" behind these unexplained oddities, Barash provides a wide-ranging survey of the territory, and he is at his most entertaining when describing his own ideas.

His handicap theory of female breasts is rather clever. He suggests that, like the peacock's tail, a permanently voluptuous bosom might be a woman's way of signalling her fitness by showing that she can thrive despite depositing so much valuable fat into cumbersome and mostly decorative appendages of a sort found nowhere else in nature.

Read more at New Scientist

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Post: July 13 2012 12:45 pm By: JOHN JACOB LYONS


Why does Homo sapiens seem to be innately religious? If you aren’t aware of my answer - Genetic Priming - please take a look at http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-03-24/the-genetic-priming-of-religiosity-guest-post-by-john-jacob-lyons and let me know what you think.

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