Study reveals potential evolutionary role for same-sex attraction

Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 10:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Male homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view. It appears that the trait is heritable, but because homosexual men are much less likely to produce offspring than heterosexual men, shouldn't the genes for this trait have been extinguished long ago? What value could this sexual orientation have, that it has persisted for eons even without any discernible reproductive advantage?...

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