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March 11, 2011 03:02 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZbsvKdL8Cts/Why-Men-Dont-Have-Sensory-Whiskers-and-Spiny-Genitals
Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals
sciencehabit writes "Most male mammals wield a penis covered with spines made of keratin, the same material that forms fingernails, to sweep out competitors' sperm and irritate a female into ovulating. Even chimpanzees, our closest relatives, have penile spines. So why don't men? A new study suggests that this feature disappeared due to a chunk of DNA that went missing after our evolutionary divergence from chimps. The researchers have identified another DNA deletion that may have contributed to humans' bigger brains."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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