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My former biology teacher once shared an anecdote about the school of thought on reproduction before we understood it as fully as we do now. According to that school of thought, semen actually contained microscopic human beings. Might be apocryphal, I don't know...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 at 03:09:16 PM EST
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Re: DO Mess with Texas! (4.00 / 2)

I'm sure that some of the early microscope work resulted in drawings of sperm like you are describing, whether they were attempts to portray structure or function might have become lost knowledge.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 at 03:21:36 PM EST
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