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Scientists Give Female Orgasm Explanation

posted by janrinok on Monday August 01 2016, @06:42PM   
from the am-I-going-to-regret-releasing-this? dept.

Open4D writes:

EurekAlert have just published an article: Yale researchers shed light on evolutionary mystery: Origins of the female orgasm

The role of female orgasm, which plays no obvious role in human reproduction, has intrigued scholars as far back as Aristotle. Numerous theories have tried to explain the origins of the trait, but most have concentrated on its role in human and primate biology.

[...] Since there is no apparent association between orgasm and number of offspring or successful reproduction in humans, the scientists focused on a specific physiological trait that accompanies human female orgasm -- the neuro-endocrine discharge of prolactin and oxytocin -- and looked for this activity in other placental mammals. They found that in many mammals this reflex plays a role in ovulation.

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• Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" (Score: 2) by mendax on Monday August 01 2016, @07:34PM

  by mendax (2840) on Monday August 01 2016, @07:34PM (#382775)

  So humans enjoy the beauty of lush countryside landscapes and find deserts boring.

  Speak for yourself. I prefer the stark beauty of the desert. Death Valley is my favorite place on earth, well 8 months out of the year. I'm not going to endure another 125F (52C) day there again.

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• Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday August 01 2016, @10:39PM

  by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday August 01 2016, @10:39PM (#382868) Homepage

  I'm flipside. Can't live much further south than 60oN. Would rather have snowblindness than direct sun. My Brazilian friends piss themselves with laughter when 25C is a "heatwave".
  
  But back on topic, the summary's retarded. The article's probably retarded too. Evolutionarily, our bodies still think we need to drop up to a dozen sprogs, we've not had a time to adapt to modern things like germ theory and hand-washing. Not gonna happen without some incentive.

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• Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday August 01 2016, @10:50PM

  by frojack (1554) on Monday August 01 2016, @10:50PM (#382872) Journal

  I knew someone would chirp in with that, but the point is you eat what came from elsewhere.

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• Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday August 01 2016, @11:17PM

  by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Monday August 01 2016, @11:17PM (#382876) Journal

  I think the pinnacle of human evolution and social development has been making the entire conception "out-of-doors" as something one may dismiss from daily life.

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• Re:"NO OBVIOUS ROLE" (Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Tuesday August 02 2016, @11:18AM

  by art guerrilla (3082) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @11:18AM (#383056)

  um, so you don't recognize you are an outlier, or refuse to accept it ? ? ?
  *most* of us prefer the lushness compared to the desiccated landscape...
  while the desert is certainly 'alive', it ain't got nowhere near the amount of edible plants and critters a savanna/forest type environment has...
  only so many ants and horn frogs you can scare up in the sand (not to mention derive water from), then you die...

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