Human Sex in Evolutionary Biology

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Biologist explores why humans have sex—and sexes—in a world where life requires neither

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Eric Haag's first book, "The Other Big Bang: The Story of Sex and Its Human Legacy ," leverages evolutionary biology to answer a central question: "Why do we have sexes (and sex) at all?" The origins of human sex can be traced back 2 billion years to early single-celled organisms, the first eukaryotes.

Ultimately, Haag hopes his book will give readers a better understanding of modern society while also providing fodder for "informed agitation"—those difficult but necessary conversations that will help bend the arc of history toward gender equality. "If people had a better appreciation of how we got here, they might still yell and scream at each other," Haag said, "but they would at least do so from a more informed standpoint." Provided by University of Maryland .

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