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intrepidity

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15. I had the same question

Reply to Bayard (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 04:02 PM

Jun 2023

I guess this is the answer:

To reconstruct the history of the act, the scientists pulled together hundreds of publications, questionnaire responses and personal notes about masturbating primates from primatologists and zoo keepers. They then mapped the information on to primate evolutionary trees, revealing how the activity reached back through time.

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Origins of masturbation traced back to primates 40m years ago [View all] milestogo Jun 2023 OP

Well, yeah, all you have to do is go to your local zoo. nt Laffy Kat Jun 2023 #1

Well, that is a relief. ;) Chainfire Jun 2023 #2

Does this explain why it gives you hairy palms? Ocelot II Jun 2023 #3

... milestogo Jun 2023 #5

We low-ranking males have to stick together. Sneederbunk Jun 2023 #4

In a tournament species that also lives in packs, like Chimps Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #6

OMG...something else that we cannot teach in Florida! Sancho Jun 2023 #7

Good one! anciano Jun 2023 #8

Well then dweller Jun 2023 #9

I guess I owe some ancient monkey 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #10

So, did ancient monkeys draw pictures of this activity in caves? Bayard Jun 2023 #11

Monkey porn on cave walls. milestogo Jun 2023 #12

I had the same question intrepidity Jun 2023 #15

Well what you would do in captivity might be quite a bit different than what you'd do in the wild. milestogo Jun 2023 #17

Very valid point nt intrepidity Jun 2023 #18

But Alito STILL doesn't think it conforms to traditional mores. Girard442 Jun 2023 #13

How does one even study this? intrepidity Jun 2023 #14

Where is there a graduate program in ancient primate sexual behavior? milestogo Jun 2023 #16