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Why are human penises so large? New evolutionary study finds two main reasons

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par Upama Aich, Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, The University of Western Australia
MIchael Jennions, Emeritus Professor, Evolutionary Biology, Australian National University

“Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle.

Compared to other great apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, the human penis is longer and thicker than expected for a primate of our size.

If the primary role of a penis is simply to transfer sperm, why is the human penis so much larger than those of our closest relatives?

Our new study, published today in PLOS Biology, reveals a larger penis in humans serves…

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