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Macaque society revolves around females, who form intricate dominance hierarchies within a given group. Males are transient. To help maintain the necessary social networks, female macaques engage in rampant lesbianism. These friendly copulations, which can last up to four days, form the bedrock of macaque society, preventing unnecessary violence and aggression. Females that sleep together will even defend each other from the unwanted advances of male macaques. In fact, behavioral scientist Paul Vasey has found that females will choose to mate with another female, as opposed to a horny male, 92.5% of the time. While this lesbianism probably decreases reproductive success for macaques in the short term, in the long run it is clearly beneficial for the species, since it fosters social stability. "Same-sex sexuality is just another way of maintaining physical intimacy," Roughgarden says. "It's like grooming, except we have lots of pleasure neurons in our genitals. When animals exhibit homosexual behavior, they are just using their genitals for a socially significant purpose."
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21 Jun 06
Don LaVangeAn interesting article on the prevalence of homosexual activity in the animal world, and how this is seen evolutionarily.
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ken .Joan's theory of cooperation (over competitive selection) in advanced societies questions Darwin/Dawkins, though not from a fundie view :) "When scientific theory says something's wrong with so many people, perhaps the theory is wrong, not the people"
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