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New sperm study contradicts centuries-old beliefs – 7NEWS.com.au
A new study on sperm has overturned 300 years of scientific assumptions.
More than 340 years ago, a Dutchman named Antonie van Leeuwenhoek invented a powerful new compound microscope and accidentally discovered the existence of bacteria, a groundbreaking achievement that changed the course of medicine.
Not long after, he decided to look at his ejaculate – definitely not an accident – and discovered tiny, wiggling creatures with tails he dubbed animalcules.
These creatures moved forward owing to the motion of their tails like that of a snake or an eel swimming in wa…
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