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typical blooming period (here in pacific nw) is April to August. Spring is warm with rain and sun, and occasional cold-snaps. Summer is hot and dry. So if a plant blooms in spring, what types of conditions is it avoiding by not blooming in summer? Conversely, if a plant blooms ...

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... it fits into what I am here saying. From what I learned studying the C.elegans nematode the origin of sex seems to be based on the birth of an occasional male-only in an easily fertilized population who adds extra excitement to a normally very boring sex-life. Epigenetics may play a role by ...

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Groups of humans do a lot of hunting and constructing that requires cooperative groups of males (as well as the occasional war). Primitive humans tend also to have very complex sharing rules - rather than every bit of food going into a communal pot, distribution favors working, ...

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... that instead of gunning down the aliens or beating them with my fists, I could just dream about naked girls! Much more fun, even though an occasional action-packed, movie-like dream is great fun as well. Also, (this mainly happens close to the morning), I sometimes wake up in the middle ...

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... organism sometimes encounter a mutation that proves viable and creates a slightly changed living organism. The accumulation of mutations and occasional speciation causes organisms to evolve and diverge in time, and this creates the great complexity and variety of life we see around us. But ...

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