Why are humans always in heat?

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Non native speaker 🙃.

Are we the unique specie that is always horny or there are others?

Also why the arrive of the “horniess” is that early, 11.17 yo for males and 12.6 yo for females (Means from this paper: Timing of Puberty and Sexuality in Men and Women by Ostovich & Sabini , 2005) I mean this totally make sense for us boys, if you star having sex soon probably you will have more descendants, but this don’t have any benefits (beside is a funny feeling…) for females, Is not the twenties the ideal ages to have babys?

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It doesn’t make sense for an 11 year old boy to have many offspring. We aren’t fruit flies. Humans do not need to procreate in mass numbers to sustain the population. Our population is dependent on nurturing, caring parents. So that theory of why men are horny doesn’t make much sense.

We cognitively developed enough to have our basic needs met to where women ovulate regularly year round. Other animals are still dependent on the environment providing their basic needs and must conserve energy and only use it when conditions are favorable.

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