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Ancient Skulls Show Civilization Rose As Testosterone Fell

An anonymous reader writes Even though modern humans started appearing around 200,000 years ago, it was only about 50,000 years ago that artistry and tool making became popular. New research shows that society bloomed when testosterone levels in humans started dropping. A paper published in the journal Current Anthropology, suggests that a testosterone deficit facilitated the friendliness and cooperation between humans, which lead to modern society. "Whatever the cause, reduced testosterone levels enabled increasingly social people to better learn from and cooperate with each other, allowing the acceleration of cultural and technological innovation that is the hallmark of modern human success," says University of Utah biology graduate student Robert Cieri.

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  1. Explains the explosion of leftists on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A flourishing colony of low-testosterone pansies enforcing "civilized group-think" on a variety of topics important to Obamunist sycophants does not an advanced civilization make.

  2. Re:Nonsense in scientific language by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is part of the extreme hostility toward men in the U.S. culture.

    I know, right? I mean when will the US ever get a male president?

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    SJW n. One who posts facts.
  3. Makes total sense by LihTox · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't build a civilization with *alpha* males; they have to *at least* be in beta.

    (Preferably release versions, but you take what you can get.)

  4. Re:Men are obsolete by lisaparratt · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seemed like a step too far, but then they read the slashdot comments, and suddenly spermbanks seemed the more rational option.