The image below illustrates the recent finding reported by Li et al, 2013 in a paper titled "Forever Love: The Hitherto Earliest Record of Copulating Insects from the Middle Jurassic of China".
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| Image: Shu LiChungkun ShihChen WangHong PangDong Ren |
The Opinion article by Dr. Zuk starts as follows:
"PROSTITUTION is supposedly the oldest profession, which means that sex
itself must be one of the oldest behaviors, a conclusion underscored by
the recent discovery of two bugs fossilized as they coupled 165 million
years ago. Simply being ancient doesn’t make a sex act interesting, but
this one was noteworthy in part because behavior is generally so
ephemeral, leaving none of the preserved remains we rely upon to tell us
about how early forms of life ate, or ran, or saw the world."
Keep reading her article by clicking here.
Dr. Zuk is author of "Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language From the Insect World" and is a very engaging writer. Her book Sexual Selections is my favorite and is responsible in part for me pursuing certain lines of inquiry during my PhD work. I highly recommend it but have heard good things about the book shown below.
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