Why we should be wary of using animal behaviour in trying to explain our own
Odd that Jordan Peterson didn’t choose giraffes, for whom most sexual encounters are male-male with penetration.
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Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author and broadcaster. He hosts the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science. His writing includes Creation: The Origin of Life / The Future of Life (2014) and How to Argue with a Racist (2020).
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