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Same-sex animal mates challenge Darwin

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Published: Feb. 17, 2003 at 1:59 PM
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DENVER, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Homosexual Japanese monkeys present a strong challenge to one of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories, a Canadian psychologist said Monday. Other researchers said the discovery means evolutionists should throw out the idea of sexual selection and find other ways to explain how animal sexual behavior and characteristics could have evolved.

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