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How the penis lost its spikes

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Humans ditched DNA to evolve smooth penises and bigger brains.

Sex would be a very different proposition for humans if — like some animals including chimpanzees, macaques and mice — men had penises studded with small, hard spines.

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  1. McLean, C. Y. et al. Nature 471, 216-219 (2011).

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Corbyn, Z. How the penis lost its spikes. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.148

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