semen
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On scientific beliefs, Indigenous knowledge, and paternity.
Partible paternity — a child having 3+ genetic contributors — can be real both biologically and culturally.
American Biology Teacher, Bari, biological parent, biology, cell migration, cultural beliefs, culture, David Linden, dizygotic pregnancy, family, father, fatherhood, fertilization, First People, Gabriel Andrade, genetic, genetic contributor, genetic inheritance, genetics, heteropaternal superfecundication, How Indigenous Ways of Knowing Works in Venezuela, human, human evolution, human migration, human reproduction, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, insemination, Jennifer Raff, Lisa Jean Moore, migration, multiple paternity, Origin, Our Transgenic Future, parenthood, parenting, partible paternity, paternity, peopleing of the Americas, pregnancy, reproduction, review, science, scientific knowledge, scientific understanding, semen, traditional belief, twin, twins, Unique, Venezuela
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On food and willing sacrifice.
Perhaps nothing really wants to be eaten, but in our world, nothing can survive without sacrifice from its parts.
Agni, apoptosis, autotrophs, cancer, consumption, David Shulman, ejaculate, ejaculation, Fire, food, fruit, Ganges, Genesis, gestation, gift, gift economics, God, heterotrophs, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, immolation, King James, libertarian, libertarianism, masturbation, mythology, Onan, Onanism, paterogenesis, reproduction, Robert Goldman, sacrifice, Sally Sutherland Goldman, Sati, semen, sexuality, Shiva, Sita, suicide, tragedy of the commons, unilateral reproduction, Valmiki, Vedic mythology
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On Edward Dolnick’s ‘The Seeds of Life’ and artificial wombs.
Among the smooth guardian frogs of Borneo, females croon to the males, attempting to woo a mate. This is abnormal for frogs: usually females are serenaded. But males of this species are the most devoted parents – they guard the fertilized eggs and carry tadpoles from pond to pond after they hatch. Whereas the females…
creator gods, Drona, Edward Dolnick, Egyptian mythology, evolution, feminism, Hindu mythology, Indian mythology, mate choice, mating practices, mythology, myths, parental effort, paterogenesis, pregnancy, semen, smooth guardian frogs, The Seeds of Life, unilateral reproduction, Wendy Doniger, Women Androgynes and Other Mythical Beasts
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