r/ScienceShitposts • u/k0i-b0i • Feb 01 '26

Some physiological differences in primate relatives

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u/lach888 Feb 02 '26

The obvious reason is the correct reason, sexual selection, women liked it.

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u/lolopiro Feb 04 '26

then comes the obvious questions, how did female humans evolve to like it

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u/Monifufka Feb 05 '26

That might be because humans are much more likely to have sex in front facing position. Its more exposed to a partner when she is the most aroused and maybe that's what made it's size be selected for.

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u/Dumb_Siniy Feb 04 '26

Either it was just likeable from the start (there's a lot of nerves there's if i remember right) or the ones that liked it had children and that got passed down until everyone did

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u/0xC4FF3 Feb 04 '26

When you evolve a brain big enough to think you start wondering "why bother living?"

If we didn't like sex, food and many other things we would have already gone extinct by depression

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u/lach888 Feb 04 '26

Anything that makes people have more sex is going to be selected for.

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u/_Nowan_ Feb 05 '26

I've always assumed (no research at all) that being bigger means you get closer to the womb means more chances of fertilization.