The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley

Why do we have sex? One of the main biological reasons, contends Ridley, is to combat disease. By constantly combining and recombining genes every generation, people “keep their genes one step ahead of their parasites,” thereby strengthening resistance to bacteria and viruses that cause deadly diseases or epidemics. – Constance Rinaldo, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H….

 

2005 Online Dating survey explores Sexual Behaviour of South Africans

The 2005 Online Dating Survey, which launches today, explores how the Internet is changing the sexual behaviour of South Africans. NETucation, the company behind the online dating research, is the leading BEE Internet research company and studies the behaviour of South Africans using the Internet. “Now that we understand the basics of how and why…