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In actuality, almost every male infant throughout the world is born with a [[foreskin]]. There is a very rare birth defect called ''[[aposthia]]'' in which the foreskin did not develop normally. | In actuality, almost every male infant throughout the world is born with a [[foreskin]]. There is a very rare birth defect called ''[[aposthia]]'' in which the foreskin did not develop normally. | ||
Charles Darwin established that evolution occurs because of "natural selection".<ref>{{REFbook | |||
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|year=1859 | |||
|title=The Origin of Species | |||
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|publisher=Murray | |||
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}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook | |||
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|year=1871 | |||
|title=The Descent of Man | |||
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|publisher=Murray | |||
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}}</ref> The other primates also have a foreskin similar to that of humans.<ref><{{REFbook | |||
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|last2=Mc Graft | |||
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|year=1999 | |||
|title=Anatomy and histology of the penile and clitoral prepuce in primates. | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/cold-mcgrath/ | |||
|work=Male and Female Circumcision | |||
|editor=Denniston GC, Hodges FM, Milos MF (eds.) | |||
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|location=New York | |||
|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers | |||
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|accessdate=2025-02-23 | |||
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}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] improves fitness because of its many protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions. | |||
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