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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. 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 | }}</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 | ||
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|title=The intromission function of the foreskin | |||
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|journal=Medical Hypotheses | |||
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|date=2002-08 | |||
|volume=59 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=180-2 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taves1/10 | |||
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|DOI=10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00250-5 | |||
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}}</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 | |||
|last=Nadler | |last=Nadler | ||
|first=Ronald D. | |first=Ronald D. | ||