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Richard Dawkins wrote in the Selfish Gene that across the animal kingdom, females and males can be distinguished by the fact that females always have larger sex
by mach1ne 4y ago
Richard Dawkins wrote in the Selfish Gene that across the animal kingdom, females and males can be distinguished by the fact that females always have larger sex cells. (E.g. eggs versus sperm)
This could be slightly off-topic since I can’t read the article.
- justinclift 4y agohttps://archive.is/tETrm https://archive.is/tETrm
- belter 4y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThen it will still lay eggs just the same.
- jimbokun 4y ago> (Biologists use the word “female” to describe organs or organisms that produce eggs, and “male” for those that produce sperm; animals do not have socially constructed genders.) From early in the article.
- 77pt77 4y agoThis is the usual definition. It's not a conclusion, it's by fiat.