Not enough statistical data to prove or disprove with women.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:48 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: They're in love. They're gay. They're penguins... And they're not alone.
Angel Stewart wrote:
> If organism A is homosexual, and it belongs to a group of animals...
> Due to the caring nature of Organism A (somehow enhanced because the
> animal is homosexual?)
> other organisms in the closed group will be more likely to survive,
The caring nature is probably a side effect of the evolutionary desired effect: reduced sibling rivalry.
(Statistical data on the occurence of homosexuality among men shows a strong correlationwith the number of older male siblings.)
> therefore there will be a higher chance that
> a homosexual animal will recur in that closed group, therefore having
> a few Homosexuals may provide an evolutionary
> advantage to groups of animals?
Yes.
Did you read any of the links Larry posted yesterday?
Jochem
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