Male Rhesus Macaques Engage in Sex for Social Reasons, Study Says

When animals engage in homosexual behavior, one might assume that they invest less time and energy on reproduction. This suggests that there may be strong reproductive costs associated with such behavior, such as having fewer offspring. So it raises the question of how homosexual behavior manages to evolve and continue to exist within a population.

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