Contents:
- MAQUE MONKEYS FREQUENTLY HAVE GAY SEX
- CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY
MAQUE MONKEYS FREQUENTLY HAVE GAY SEX
Homosexual behavur appears to be wispread among male maque monkeys the wild and the tra may be at least partially passed down gen om father to son.
Savolaen has often qutned a popular belief known as the “Darwian paradox of homosexualy”, which impli that bee homosexual behavur don’t lead to reproductn, has no benef and any gen that promote should be elimated by natural selectn. To vtigate homosexualy other primat, Savolaen and his lleagu cid to study a lony of 1700 wild rh maqu (Ma mulatta) on the Puerto Rin island of Cayo Santiago.
“I am hopeful that we really are startg to move away om the antiquated ia that [homosexualy] animals is an evolutnary paradox or aberratn.
CAN MONKEYS BE GAY? WHAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR PRIMAT CAN TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTN OF HUMAN SEXUALY
"Unfortunately, there is still a belief amongst some people that same-sex behavr is 'unnatural, ' and some untri sadly still enforce the ath penalty for homosexualy, " Savolaen said the statement.