Until the 20th century, Jewish males had a ceremony observing the transition to adulthood, but not girls. Now, Jewish females may participate in a bat mitzvah, which is a ceremony (and often a party) that occurs on a girl's 12th birthday. The status of adulthood and "bat mitzvah" (whic...
The separation time for the girl experiencing her first period was as much to honor the transition to adulthood as it was to protect the village from the calamities superstitiously blamed on such an event. Until the 20th century, Jewish males had a ceremony observing the transition to adulthood...
The possible explanation of lower sexual dimorphism in Africa may be either relaxed selection pressure favoring morphological femininity of female faces or masculinity of male faces, alternatively due to positive selection for more feminine faces in males, or the masculinization of faces in females. Ou...
Reticulated giraffeare the smallest of the giraffe species. Males grow to5.4 metrestall, and females up to 5.1 metres. The reticulated giraffe, also known as the Somali giraffe, calls home ‘the Horn of Africa’. That’s right, this particular giraffe species lives right up in the northwest ...
Auto-sexing is a method of sexing chicks based on the color, pattern, or distinguishing characteristic of the chick’s down feathers as soon as it hatches. This method only works on breeds that present different colorations for males and females as chicks. Auto-sexing breeds are always purebred...
Until about the eighth week of gestation, males and females are identical. Then, a surge of testosterone causes male fetuses to develop male sex organs -- without this wave of testosterone, a male's sex organs will never develop. As he grows, testosterone continues to play an important ...
For the male pillow octopus, being dwarfed by your mate is simply a way of life. Full-grown male pillow octopuses are only a couple of centimeters long and weigh less than a gram. Meanwhile, the females can reach more than 6 feet (2 meters) and weigh 100 pounds (45.4 kilograms). That...
Ladyboys or kathoeys tend to be taller than most Thai women, so if someone seems much taller than everyone else around them, it’s worth checking out! Observe their personal attitude and grooming. Image source:iStock Their Attitude Ladyboys are very friendly, giving, and they are always rea...
Medium labradoodles, which is what you get when you mix a miniature poodle and a labrador, weigh between 30 and 45 pounds. Male medium labradors will be 18 to 20 inches tall and females will be 17 to 19 inches tall. Miniature labradoodles are much smaller than their standard cousins, me...
So, you should consider applying at least one of them if you are looking for ways to stimulate your facial hair growth without costing too much time and money. 1. Lime Juice And Ground Cinnamon This is the first way on how to grow facial hair that I want to reveal in this article ...