Infertility And The Battle Of The Sexes: Evolutionary Explanation For Today's Fertility Problems?

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 09:28 in Psychology & Sociology

About 10 percent of all couples hoping for a baby have fertility problems. Some environmentalists say pollution is to blame, while some psychiatrists point to our stressful lifestyles. But an evolutionary biologist in Israel offers a different take. The reproductive organs of men and women are currently involved in an evolutionary arms race, he reports in a new study. And the fight isn't over yet.

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