Palaeontology: Girls and boys come out to play
The Economist - Thu 23 Oct 14To have and to hold SEX is ubiquitous, but sexual intercourse is not. On dry land, it is more or less de rigueur. Sperm and eggs risk dessication otherwise. Mammals, birds and reptiles do ...
Scientists Trace Back the First Sexual Act Ever, to Weird Ancient Fish
TIME - Tue 21 Oct 14Ancient fish were the first to copulate. And according to a world renowned paleontologist, it looked a lot like square dancing
Ancient armoured fish first creatures to have sex
The Independent - Mon 20 Oct 14Two armoured fish dwelling in a Scottish lake were the first creatures to have sex, around 385 million years ago.
Ancient fish reveals the roots of sex
ABC Science - Sun 19 Oct 14ORIGINS OF LIFE: The sexual act where two creatures physically join together to to create new life first began 385 million years ago, according to a new fossil study.
Fossils rewrite history of penetrative sex
Nature News - Sun 19 Oct 14Evidence of bony organs in ancient, armour-plated fish suggests that they copulated even though many of their descendants stopped doing so.
Sex? It all started 385 million years ago (w/ Video)
Phys.org - Sun 19 Oct 14It may not have been love as we know it, but around 385 million years ago, our very distant ancestors—armoured fish called placoderms—developed the art of intercourse.
Oldest genitals found. Went out of fashion for eons
Newscientist - Sun 19 Oct 14If you're going through a dry patch, it's nothing compared to the entire animal kingdom – it appears to have gone millions of years without copulating
Earliest fish had sex
Science Now - Sun 19 Oct 14Fossils suggest the most primitive jawed vertebrates used internal fertilization, not spawning
Sex started with fish at least 385 million years ago
The Verge - Tue 21 Oct 14Sex was happening on Earth at least 35 million years earlier than we previously knew, according to a new study. Even though fish generally reproduce externally by releasing eggs and ...
Study finds sex is 385 million years old
FOXNews - Mon 20 Oct 14Let's face it: Spawning in the water isn't terribly efficient or much fun at all.
Ancient 385-million-year old Fish pioneered Sex
ZME Science - Mon 20 Oct 14Paleontologists have identified the first known animals that used internal fertilization instead of spawning – armor-coated swimmers, called antiarchs, which lived around 385 million ...
Armored Fish Pioneered Sex As You Know It
National Geographic - Sun 19 Oct 14Fossils suggest that the first vertebrates to have sex performed the act side by side.
First Sex Happened Between Square-Dancing Fish
Discovery News - Sun 19 Oct 14What was the first sexual intercourse like? A new study finds it involved fish and looked a lot like a square dance.
First act of sexual intercourse was done sideways, square-dance style
The Guardian - Sun 19 Oct 14Fossils of 380m-year-old lake-dwelling placoderms point to bony, L-shaped male organ and female cheese-grater genitals, scientists say Continue reading...
Humans should thank ancient Scottish fish fossils for joy of sex
Reuters - Sun 19 Oct 14LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying fossils have discovered that the intimate act of sexual intercourse used by humans was pioneered by ancient armored fishes, called placoderms, about 385 ...
Flinders scientist discovers origins of sex
HealthCanal - Sun 19 Oct 14by Marketing and Communications -The first act of copulation in our distant ancestors.
Scottish fish were the first to have sex and they did it sideways, study finds
UPI - Sun 19 Oct 14Thor BensonADELAIDE, Australia, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Scientists in Australia have determined which animal was the first to have sex based on their research of fossils.
Origins of sex discovered: Side-by-side copulation in distant ancestors
ScienceDaily - Mon 20 Oct 14A palaeontologist has revealed how the intimate act of sexual intercourse first evolved in our deep distant ancestors. In one of the biggest discoveries in the evolutionary history of sexual ...
Researchers Discover The Origins Of Sex In The Primordial World
RedOrbit - Mon 20 Oct 14Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online At some point in our primordial past, life on Earth began to reproduce sexually – leading to greater and greater genetic diversity. According ...