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I don't see how this could lead to extinction. The drop in sperm count is only a statistical observation. There are, and will likely always be men with good s

I don't see how this could lead to extinction. The drop in sperm count is only a statistical observation. There are, and will likely always be men with good sperm count, just as there are still human groups with high fertility rates. How severely could a decline in average sperm count lead to a population decline is probably a complex subject, considering that population dynamics by itself is complex. However I'm pretty sure it is presumptuous, and uselessly alarmist, to conclude that it could "lead to human extinction".

WheelsAtLarge 9y ago
It's the reality of news headlines. Publishers have to have extremes ideas in their headlines. It did not say "will" it said, "may" It could have easily said,"Sperm count drop 'may lead to bigger testes." or more permissive women or women with harems and on and on. It would all have the same affect. News as a business sucks, they always have to have a got you for you to read the article.