Science Proves That Men Are Still Basically Cavemen At Heart

Men have fought an uphill battle for eons trying to prove that we're just wired to want sex above all else. Well a new study smells of sweet, sweet vindication, as it proves conclusively that men's brains are wired to ignore basic needs like food in favor of obtaining sex.

According to The Telegraph (link below), the study by the University of Rochester Medical Centre set out to find out if men truly are from Mars, and women be shopping, but stumbled on a major breakthrough in understanding the mind of men everywhere. The only catch is, the experiment was conducted on microscopic worms.

The research looked at a microscopic roundworm called C. elegans and focussed on a pair of neurones called AWA that are strongly linked to hunger and finding a partner.

Scientists looked at two genders, males and hermaphrodites, an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes and can mate with males.

They put the worms in a petri dish and gave them food, leaving them the option to either feed or go in search of a mate.

Some worms had been genetically engineered to make them more sensitive to the smell of food by tampering with their neurones.

It was revealed that the normal male worms left their food source and went in search of a mate.

However the males who had been genetically engineered to be "hungrier" were ten times less successful at mating as they wanted to stay by the food source.