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Perhaps global warming could play a role. It affects reptiles a lot (limiting fertility, making it so that there are more females than males, turning males into

Perhaps global warming could play a role. It affects reptiles a lot (limiting fertility, making it so that there are more females than males, turning males into females, etc.)

DanAndersen 9y ago
From the article: >In contrast, no significant decline was seen in South America, Asia and Africa. Presumably on average these regions are also seeing similar temperature increases. I'd think that whatever the cause is, it's not something that is affecting people on a global scale. Also, temperature-dependent sex determination is only seen in a few species, and not in mammals as far as I know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_determination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_dete...
yomly 9y ago
But aren't there human inhabited parts of the world which are warmer than the western world...
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