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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Rape a reproductive advantage?
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Date: 20 Jan 88 15:53:16 GMT
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In article ... joe@athena.mit.edu (Joseph C Wang) writes:
> Humans are the only animals that are always in heat, and during most

I've heard this before. It's a popular idea (probably born of a lingering
trace of anthropocentrism), but I'm not sure it's supportable.

For example, dolphins seem to be willing and able to engage in sexual
activity at any time. That's one side.

As a corollary, there is evidence that humans do go into something like
a heat. It's not as extreme as in most species, but it's there.

There just aren't that many qualitative differences between humans and other
species... most of the differences are in degree rather than kind.
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