Researchers find evidence of independent evolution of female penis in cave insects

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 08:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A team of researchers from Japan, Brazil and Switzerland has found evidence that suggests female penis-like appendages in two types of cave insects evolved independently. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes their study of Sensitibillini insects and what they discovered.

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