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Re:Evolution’s Worst Mistake? How About External Testicles? by endergen on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:41PM (#17207917)
Ha. Compared to evolution's treatment of human female reproduction, you have to be kidding. Giving birth is extremely dangerous and painful. Being pregnant itself takes 9 months and generally to have one only one child who takes 20 years (in modern culture, younger naturally) to be independent. Compare this to other mammals such as dogs/cats, who are pregnant for shorter, have multiple children, they mature within a year, and birth is way more effortless.
Re:Evolution’s Worst Mistake? How About External Testicles? by carb on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:00PM (#17208156)
The author doesn't actually think this is the worst mistake evolution made. The articles in this series elaborate on ideas that didn't make it into a final book. The author has some gripes with external testicles, but didn't find them important enough or interesting enough to fit the discussion about them into his book, Human Errors.
Re:Evolution’s Worst Mistake? How About External Testicles? by vanderZwan on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:43PM (#17207950)
Re:Evolution’s Worst Mistake? How About External Testicles? by gowld on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:29PM (#17209133)
The difficulty of childbirth is a human specialization that tradesoff against huge brains.

Nearly all mammals have external testicles