In a world dominated by men, it’s important that we take the time to truly appreciate the contributions women have made to the world. At the moment, we've only got International Women's Day to celebrate the female sex. But what if every day was International Women's Day?
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According to Australian geneticist Jenny Graves, the end of the male sex has already been observed in certain species. In mice, Graves states that ‘the Y has been completely lost in two rodent lineages’. According to her, the same phenomenon is due to happen to the human race in a matter of time.
‘The question is when. The primate Y has been relatively stable for at least 20 million years. But ultimately the human Y could lose the rest of its genes quite suddenly’, Graves claims. ‘It could suffer a sudden collapse’. She claims the reason for the death of the Y chromosome is two-fold: not only are the human testes dangerous environments prone to causing mutations within the sperm, but the Y chromosome is not very resilient and incapable of properly repairing itself.
All of this means one day women could be the only ones roaming the Earth; however it will be some time before it happens. In the meantime, we’ll celebrate International Women’s Day all together.
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