Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?"YerUglyMug," etc.
From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 24, 2003, 0:48 |
Joe wrote:
> This is a possibility, however, the 'gay genes' would naturally die out. It
> may be an advantage for the tribe to have a homosexual, but this is not an
> evolutionary advasntage, becuase the homosexual ape, or whatever, will not
> pass on any of his genes.
Only if the "gay gene" is dominant. If the "gay gene" is recessive,
than a homosexual may have siblings who carry the gene who benefit from
his or her help. Much the same reason that self-sacrifice exists in
some species.
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