Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes pendulous
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
How to put this delicately, which being obscure?
In each species of mammal (that is, animals possessing mammary glands), with only two exceptions that I can think of, the male and the female do not significantly differ in the appearance of the mammary gland area. One of the two exceptions is "cattle", whose sexual dimorphism is, I presume, the non-natural result of selective breeding.
But in the other exceptional case, humans, this particular dimorphism is clearly not caused by selective breeding. What then was the evolutionary causation? Ladies, explain yourselves! It would seem to be, from a purely mechanical-engineering point of view, a severely inefficient construction.
or can anyone offer a third species of mammal exhibiting this dimorphism?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pendulous Sparteye 11/27/01 03:41 PM Re: pendulous Faldage 11/27/01 04:25 PM Re: pendulous wwh 11/27/01 06:04 PM Re: pendulous wwh 11/27/01 06:30 PM Allow me to explain AnnaStrophic 11/28/01 09:26 PM Re: Allow me to explain wwh 11/29/01 02:51 AM Re: Pendulous wwh 11/29/01 02:56 AM Re: Pendulous Faldage 11/30/01 02:21 PM Re: Milking it for all it's worth Faldage 11/30/01 02:32 PM Re: Milking it for all it's worth wwh 11/30/01 03:51 PM Re: Milking it for all it's worth Faldage 11/30/01 07:48 PM Re: Pendulous wwh 11/30/01 09:00 PM leche emanuela 12/01/01 06:42 AM Re: sources of leche Keiva 12/01/01 03:59 PM Re: sources of leche Faldage 12/01/01 05:54 PM anatomical differences of troy 12/01/01 07:37 PM Re: anatomical differences Keiva 12/02/01 05:43 AM Re: sources of leche consuelo 12/02/01 02:31 AM Re: sources of leche tsuwm 12/02/01 07:00 AM Re: leche Faldage 12/01/01 05:59 PM Re: pendulous Wordwind 12/03/01 11:35 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,383Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 234 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 25
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,570tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,919Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org