Re:Oldest Known Penis Is 100 Million Years Old
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The ostracod is likely to be the oldest anus as well, since they did have an anus [google cache].
Oldest Known Penis Is 100 Million Years Old
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LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Sex was first recognized in the fossil records more than 500 million years ago and the oldest known penis is about 100 million years old, a conference heard on Friday.
It belongs to an ostracod, an early crustacean related to crabs, shrimps and water fleas, and was found in a fossil sample unearthed in Brazil.
"To my knowledge it is the oldest penis. I don't know of any older," Professor David Siveter, of the University of Leicester, told the British Association science conference.
Dinosaurs were around 100 million years ago but the only known dinosaur fossils are of bones, not soft tissue.
In fact the ostracod fossil had not one penis but two.
Siveter, an expert in paleontology, believes ostracods are very sexy animals because they have the second longest sperm in the animal kingdom. A one millimeter ostracod can produce a single sperm 10 millimeters long.
"An ostracod has the longest sperm to body ratio of any animal known to man, so clearly it has to have special equipment to deal with the sperm. It doesn't have one penis, it has two. We found the two penises in a 100 million year old fossil," he said.
By studying gender and sexuality and how far it goes back in the fossil record, Siveter said scientists can learn more about how animal reproduction evolved and behavioral traits.
In a separate presentation, Professor Scott Sampson of the University of Utah Museum of Natural History in the United States said that dinosaurs probably used their enormous horns, pikes, plates and crests to attract the opposite sex, in a similar way that peacocks use their colorful array of feathers.
Some of the appendages were used as weapons but Sampson said others were simply not strong enough to be useful against an enemy and like deer or antelope they used the horns to impress potential mates.
"I think the evidence is quite strong that dinosaurs did too," he said.
Yes, it is bloody annoying. And do you know that just because you need it for a formula, you don't need it for the whole god damned post? I will not fix it for you, as I no longer intervene in the affairs of the world, except for introducing some 1s and 0s when I want to post on slashdot.
I'd stick a knife in the next person if it meant the difference between feeding my family and upholding my morals, and I don't apologize for it.
And you are exactly the problem that is destroying us year after year. Selfish brutes whose humanity is limited to their immediate family, and on occasion a bit further. Thankfully, you are an exception, otherwise we would already have destroyed ourselves. Just don't try to make yourself feel better by saying that everybody is like you are. We are not all so selfish. Some of us would risk our lives for strangers, and would be sad if a loved one died, but would not resort to murder to save them.
pride is a most insidious sin, my son. consider this a warning.
Re:Casimir and Infinite Energy
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i do not play dice with the universe. that you puny mortals -- mere waste effects of an especially vigorous mastubatory session -- are unable to reconcile your various 'views' of my creation, is of no consequence to me.
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You are correct, there is an internal document showing the hole [google cache] that is dated some two months ago!
this security hole was already published a month ago [google cache]
The ostracod is likely to be the oldest anus as well, since they did have an anus [google cache].
LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Sex was first recognized in the fossil records more than 500 million years ago and the oldest known penis is about 100 million years old, a conference heard on Friday.
It belongs to an ostracod, an early crustacean related to crabs, shrimps and water fleas, and was found in a fossil sample unearthed in Brazil.
"To my knowledge it is the oldest penis. I don't know of any older," Professor David Siveter, of the University of Leicester, told the British Association science conference.
Dinosaurs were around 100 million years ago but the only known dinosaur fossils are of bones, not soft tissue.
In fact the ostracod fossil had not one penis but two.
Siveter, an expert in paleontology, believes ostracods are very sexy animals because they have the second longest sperm in the animal kingdom. A one millimeter ostracod can produce a single sperm 10 millimeters long.
"An ostracod has the longest sperm to body ratio of any animal known to man, so clearly it has to have special equipment to deal with the sperm. It doesn't have one penis, it has two. We found the two penises in a 100 million year old fossil," he said.
By studying gender and sexuality and how far it goes back in the fossil record, Siveter said scientists can learn more about how animal reproduction evolved and behavioral traits.
In a separate presentation, Professor Scott Sampson of the University of Utah Museum of Natural History in the United States said that dinosaurs probably used their enormous horns, pikes, plates and crests to attract the opposite sex, in a similar way that peacocks use their colorful array of feathers.
Some of the appendages were used as weapons but Sampson said others were simply not strong enough to be useful against an enemy and like deer or antelope they used the horns to impress potential mates.
"I think the evidence is quite strong that dinosaurs did too," he said.
Yes, it is bloody annoying. And do you know that just because you need it for a formula, you don't need it for the whole god damned post? I will not fix it for you, as I no longer intervene in the affairs of the world, except for introducing some 1s and 0s when I want to post on slashdot.
And you are exactly the problem that is destroying us year after year. Selfish brutes whose humanity is limited to their immediate family, and on occasion a bit further. Thankfully, you are an exception, otherwise we would already have destroyed ourselves. Just don't try to make yourself feel better by saying that everybody is like you are. We are not all so selfish. Some of us would risk our lives for strangers, and would be sad if a loved one died, but would not resort to murder to save them.
Better an unhappy Socrates than a happy pig, my friend!
I hate Microsoft as much as anybody, but isn't this stupid M$ joke getting a little old -- fuck, it was old 5 years ago, enough already.
Have you ever actually known a black person? Or do you just believe all the racist propaganda that you hear?
the energy cannot be extracted because i decreed that there would be no free lunches.
hey einstein, turn the fucking TT the fuck off!
pride is a most insidious sin, my son. consider this a warning.
i do not play dice with the universe. that you puny mortals -- mere waste effects of an especially vigorous mastubatory session -- are unable to reconcile your various 'views' of my creation, is of no consequence to me.
a b c d e f g h i ?!
please do not use my son's name in vain, or i will be forced to smite you down, punk.