Homo...

Friday October 13, 2006 - 1:14PM EDT

I just read an article about homosexuality in the animal kingdom. Basically it went over how it occurs among non-human animals and has been reliably documented. It also makes mention that it may have not been documented until recently because people's prejudice against the behavhior might have ignored it in animals.  The article made a quick mention of how homosexuality seems to be a genetic dead end. I almost let that statement pass but then I thought about it for a second. Homosexuality is not sterility so technically it is not an genetic dead end. Also when I think of mating practices of other animals there are far more unappealing situations for many creatures than a human homosexual might experience mating with one of the opposite sex. Black widow males are killed after mating in most cases. What is more unpleasant than that. I think that it could have been possible for humans to develop into homosexuals as the norm and still be successful.  It seems unlikely but you definately cannot rule it out as impossible.