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Refer to Letter to the Editor "Why the Human Penis is Larger than in the Great Apes" in June 2008 Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior Refer to Letter to the Editor "Why the Human Penis is Larger than in the Great Apes" in June 2008 Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior

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Basically due to sexual selection. Men with larger penises were more likely to reproduce than those with smaller ones therefore the 'market' favored larger and larger pensis.

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What does that mean? What market?

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