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Coyote
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Message 25 of 91 (696002)
04-11-2013 12:41 AM
Reply to: Message 24 by Jon
04-11-2013 12:20 AM


Re: it matters
Are there any known clothing-less cultures that might make this research possible?
When the Spanish missionaries reached California they found the males wore no clothes in many areas.
Rather than do comparative research they were scandalized.
Here is one of the few pictures that shows people unclothed:
This was done nearly 50 years after the Europeans arrived, so it's accuracy is open to question.

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Message 84 of 91 (697100)
04-21-2013 11:02 AM
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04-21-2013 5:18 AM


Re: it matters
Okay... I think I see where you are coming from now. Larger penises may not have just been useful in wooing a mate, but might have also played a role in general survival, such as fighting off lions in the event spears became scarce.
That might be...
...an early example of "Hold my beer..."
(And would probably qualify the owner for a Darwin Award.)

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