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What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level

  • Written by Sarah Robertson, Professor and Director, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
imageSex is a form of biological communication, and women use it to make decisions on whether to invest in a pregnancy. from www.shutterstock.com

The act of penetrative sex has evolved over millions of years as a mechanism to deliver sperm to eggs and initiate pregnancy. But there’s more to sex than just the meeting of two sets of genes. The...

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