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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Likely as old as sexuality itself.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So as old as multicellular life. Which I completely agree with.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

Single cell life doesn't have sexuality, not even all multicellular organisms do. And there are lifeforms like plants that throw around their pollen and hope that pollen of the opposite sex meet or make insects or alike distribute their pollen to other plants. That's sexuality in the biological sense, too