Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 15 submissions in the queue.

The Penis Only Evolved Once, Suggests Study of Lizard Embryos

posted by cmn32480 on Friday October 30 2015, @09:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the now-this-is-hard-science dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The fact that the tuataras don't have penises makes them a useful study organism because it allows scientists to ask whether the lizards' ancestors had penises and lost them, or never had them to begin with. Now, according to new research published today in Biology Letters, the last common ancestor of all the amniotes did, in fact, have an erectable phallus, and that the modern diversity is the result of evolutionary tweaks over time (not the separate evolution of different phalluses).

Overheard at a cocktail party:

'So, what do you do?'
'I study lizard penises.'

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
The Penis Only Evolved Once, Suggests Study of Lizard Embryos | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 19 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday October 30 2015, @02:13PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Friday October 30 2015, @02:13PM (#256461) Journal

    That's true. I have the blue ribbons to prove it.

    AhA!! so YOU are that prized Scotsman [wikia.com]!

    "See yon sleeping Scotsman, so strong and handsome built?
    I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt!"

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   2