An Evolutionary Advantage of the Human Glans Penis
To account for the bell- or acorn-shaped glans penis, in 1995 Baker and Bellis put forward their ‘semen-displacement hypothesis’. They argued that the existence of the glans penis is indicative of a promiscuous phase in our evolutionary past, in which females would commonly mate with several males i...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Humans |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9461/3/2/12 |