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}}</ref> but, in accordance with Darwin's principles of survival, it is more likely that the [[gliding action]] of the prepuce facilitates penetration and fertilization of the female. <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Taves |first= |init=DR |author-link= |etal=no |title=The intromission function of the foreskin |trans-title= |journal=Medical Hypotheses |location= |date=2002-08 |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=180-2 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taves1/10 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=12208206 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00250-5 |doi= |accessdate=2024-12-22}}</ref> The human prepuce has an increase in corpuscular innervation and concomitant decrease in corpuscular receptors in the human [[glans]] compared to the prepuce and glans of lower primates, demonstrating an evolutionary advancement.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|first=Ronald D.