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Reproduction in human beings is naturally by sexual means only. The process entails courtship and mate selection, copulation, pregnancy, childbirth, and prenatal care. The partner chooses a potential mate essentially based on the qualities that ensure raising an offspring. During sexual acts, the spe...
Introduction Although males and females are known to align their reproductive interest (as predicted by sexual selection theory), it is not uncommon for one sex to attempt to increase its fitness at the expense of the other (i.e., sexual conflict). The incompatibility in fitness goals is faci...
Besides piloerection, it is unclear whether there are other functions of this tri-lineage unit. Yet, this tri-lineage configuration is highly conserved across mammals including in humans, where piloerection has lost its role in thermoregulation, raising the possibility of additional functions. ...
[3] Because folklore also deals with superstitions, proverbs, aphorisms, axioms, and even customs, particularly those that deal with birth, initiation, courtship/marriage, and death. [28] A simpler explanation is that "Folklore includes all the human knowledge, customs, and beliefs that have ...
The so-called “nine sons of the dragon” doesn’t mean that the dragon has exactly nine sons. In traditional Chinese culture, the number “nine” suggests a large number and is put in a supreme status. Nine is not an exact number, but a noble number. That’s why it is used to de...
Feeding is inhibited in large males during courtship and in gravid females while on the nursery grounds. Areas selected for giving birth are usually free of large sharks. In locating food, the shark primarily uses the chemical senses, particularly the olfactory. Visual acuity is adapted to close...
With adolescence, sex play is superseded by dating, which is socially encouraged, and dating almost inevitably involves some physical contact resulting in sexual arousal. This contact is a part of the learning process and may also ultimately be a part ofcourtshipand the selection of amarriage...