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Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. On his travels, Garrod m...
Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. On his travels, Garrod meets baseball players, drops a 22 lb. weight on a sheep's skull and finds out that humans are in the minority when it comes to not having a penis bone.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2014
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sound, color
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn904540363
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on November 26, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Secrets of Bones: Sex (2:24) -- Gorilla's Sagittal Crest (3:04) -- Canines for Courtship (1:51) -- Babirusa's Curly Tusks (2:50) -- Narwhal's Sensitive Tusk (2:57) -- Fighting Rival Suitors (2:33) -- Head-butting Bighorns (1:44) -- Skull Crushing Experiment (3:12) -- Walrus Baculum (2:30) -- Bacula Bones (3:27) -- Final Thoughts (1:18) -- Credits: Secrets of Bones: Sex (0:41)