Dhagax-Tuur Posted March 31, 2004 A$$ All Please see this topic nothing more than a joke, 'cos it is a pure joke. We know why this world is created for and that everything has a reason as we are muslims (AlxamduliLaah). But, just for the sake of it, brothers/sisters, share your views, since we are living in the world with these people (unbelievers). The topic is based on the following article and is really a good laugh. ========== By Steve Jones Professor of genetics, University College London Superhero or zero? Professor Jones says men are indispensable If the 21st Century belongs to women, could men become extinct? It's the question raised in this week's BBC Two drama documentary If... women ruled the world? Professor Steve Jones explains why, in spite of the rumours, men are biologically hard to get rid of. One of the biggest questions in biology is: what is the point of men? Why do women let them get away with it? All they do is force the unfortunate female to copy their own, male, genes. Imagine a city with 10,000 women and just 10 men And why are there so many of that selfish tribe? Each one, each time he has sex, makes enough sperm to fertilise every woman in Europe. Surely a few lucky lotharios would be enough and we could do away with the rest in the interests of economy. 'Dumped males' In fact the question of males raises not one, but many biological issues: the origin of sex, of distinct sexes, of why there are only two sexes rather than dozens. And how is that pastime maintained, given that it is so expensive? A woman, it seems, could much increase the rate at which she copies her own genes if she avoided having them diluted by those of a man. If... women ruled the world Wednesday, 31 March 2004, at 2100 BST on BBC Two Yes, men are a complicated lot, and there's a lot we do not know. As we look through the living world, one thing is clear: it is very hard to get rid of them. There are plenty of creatures out there that have done the job (including a California lizard in which every animal is a female but, strangely, half pretend to be male by trying to mate with its sister). Plants - think banana or potato - have dumped males again and again. However, almost none of those lineages have evolved very far. On the great tree of life, they are at the tips of the branches, each at a dead end. Males act to reshuffle the genetic cards, handing a new mixture of DNA to the next generation, rather than exactly the same mix as that in their mother. In the great casino of life, they are essential, for any creature that always gambles with the same hand, however good, is bound to lose in the end. 'Investment strategy' In mammals like ourselves there are also boring technical reasons why some genes have to pass through a father to work properly (which is one reason why cloning is so hard). But why equal numbers of the sexes? Like so much in life it is a matter of investment strategy. Imagine a city with 10,000 women and just 10 men. The cells that make sperm are preserved from decay while those who bear them age and die Every man would have lots of mates perhaps a hundred or more but however energetic the men were, many of the women would remain without a partner. Being a man would be very, very, advantageous, and the gene for maleness would get commoner in the next generation. In time, the city might, perhaps, end up with more men than women - and then the shoe would be on the other foot for many of those males would fail to reproduce. In the end, things would settle down at 50-50, which is where it more or less is, at least in the west. In China and India, though, lots of girl babies are killed off as they are seen as valueless. That effect has led to a great excess of young men (more than 120 to every 100 women in some places). Now, it seems, some parents actually prefer to have girl babies as they are guaranteed to find a partner when they grow up. Why are babies born young? The laws of nature are less forgiving than those of television, and in spite of the rumours men are going to be around for a long time yet. In fact there is another reason why we are going to be hard to get rid of. Men are at the heart of another central question of biology: Why are babies born young? How can two old and decayed pieces of protoplasm (mothers and fathers, as we call them) get together and, with remarkably little effort, generate a new, rejuvenated, one? It has to do with sex: for the cells that make sperm are preserved from decay while those who bear them age and die. Without men, babies might be born as old as their mothers. Imagine what a great television drama that would make! End of the article. ============================= Each one, each time he has sex, makes enough sperm to fertilise every woman in Europe. Surely a few lucky lotharios would be enough and we could do away with the rest in the interests of economy. .......isn't that funny! Just use one man for reproductive reasons, probably put him in a cage, and milk him to death......what a laugh. Yes, men are a complicated lot, and there's a lot we do not know. As we look through the living world, one thing is clear: it is very hard to get rid of them. ...You fools, aren't they (Men) there for a reason? There are plenty of creatures out there that have done the job (including a California lizard in which every animal is a female but, strangely, half pretend to be male by trying to mate with its sister). Plants - think banana or potato - have dumped males again and again. However, almost none of those lineages have evolved very far. ....See, females alone will get nowhere, isn't that good enough reason that we are there for a reason? Come on now! On the great tree of life, they are at the tips of the branches, each at a dead end. Males act to reshuffle the genetic cards, handing a new mixture of DNA to the next generation, rather than exactly the same mix as that in their mother. ...There you go, one of the reasons why we are there for, just the tip of the iceberg. Nomads and Araweelos, welcome to the subject. ======================== This topic is based on: these programmes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
