Talk:The Descent of Woman

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Did you know... that The Descent of Woman by Welsh author Elaine Morgan contends that front-to-front sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:28, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that The Descent of Woman by Welsh author Elaine Morgan states that human sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment?~~

Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Jointness and integration in the Indian military

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

A very interesting article; I was not aware of the amount of pseudoscience in the aquatic ape hypothesis ^^. No copyvio, QPQ is done, everything is properly referenced. However, I would suggest tweaking the hook to better fit the references: ~~"... that The Descent of Woman by Welsh author Elaine Morgan states that front-to-front sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment?"~~ (Note that I replaced the generic "Human" with "front-to-front" - after all, a lot of position exist for human sexual intercourse). What do you think? Applodion (talk) 11:41, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Applodion: The tweak works. I didn’t realize until now how I worded the hook, but I have been reading the human article that treats it like a guide for aliens. SL93 (talk) 14:45, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that The Descent of Woman by Welsh author Elaine Morgan states that front-to-front sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment?

Great! I have listed the new hook as "ALT1". Good to go now. Applodion (talk) 22:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]