Friday, February 12, 2010

Everyone needs a gay aunt or uncle

Everyone needs a gay aunt or uncle: "

Why haven't gay people gone extinct? Because gays and lesbians nurture their nieces and nephews in order to help their family grow. The bigger the family - the higher likelihood of having gay relatives.

A new study found that gay men may be predisposed to nurture their nieces and nephews as a way of helping to ensure their own genes get passed down to the next generation.

The idea is called the kin selection hypothesis. It's possible that gay people are biologically predisposed to help raise the offspring of their siblings and other relatives.

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