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Scientists Give Female Orgasm Explanation

posted by janrinok on Monday August 01 2016, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @10:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @10:04PM (#382855)

    I'd never heard that myth that embryos go through those stages.

    Francis

    Once again we are amazed at all the things Francis has never heard of. It's called "learning". Try some.

    > We lose our gills and beaks

    Squawk for yourself, parrot boy.

    I begin to suspect that there is a greater than statistically normal occurence of vestigial tails amongst Soylentils, along with the "beaks" and "giles".

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  • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:26AM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:26AM (#382949) Journal

    Giles?

    Giles and Fripp.

     

    Cheerful insanity.

    --
    You're betting on the pantomime horse...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @03:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @03:34AM (#382983)

      Yes, you seem to have lost one Giles. Now about the tail. . . .