Do Monkeys Pay for Sex?

by Leattle Pablo | January 24, 2008 at 11:05 am
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One of humanity's oldest professions may be even older than we thought. A recent study of macaque monkeys in Indonesia, revealed that male primates "paid" for sexual access to females — and that the going rate for such access dwindled as the number of available females went up.

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Jordan Yerman

Not only that... monkeys pay for porn, as well.

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