Climactic conclusion to female orgasm research
02 August 2016 - 09:57
Scientists claim to have solved the mystery of the female orgasm - and it's all to do with ovulation. A study on mammal reproduction found orgasms help apes to ovulate but, because it plays no part in the reproductive cycle of humans, it is a redundant evolutionary afterthought.In many mammal species ovulation is started by the male, whose sexual stimulation of the female causes her to become fertile.
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