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FK FILES: What's new in the declassified docs? | LiveNOW from FOX

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Prof Tony Freeth: 'The Antikythera Mechanism' AKA the 2000 YO Computer | MechEng Night Revolutions​

 
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  1. Humans Have Two Gamete Types: Sperm and Eggs
    • Gametes are the reproductive cells necessary for sexual reproduction. In humans, these are sperm (small, motile, produced by males) and eggs (large, non-motile, produced by females).
    • These gametes are anisogamous, meaning they are fundamentally different in size, structure, and function. This is a universal biological feature of human reproduction.
    • No other natural gamete types exist in humans. While some organisms (e.g., certain fungi or protozoa) exhibit isogamy (gametes of similar size), humans do not.
  2. Sex Is Defined by Gamete Production Physiology
    • An organism’s sex is determined by its biological design for producing one of the two gamete types—not whether it actuallyproduces them.
      • For example:
        • An infertile male (who does not produce viable sperm) is still male because his physiology is structured around sperm production (testes, Y chromosome, etc.).
        • A post-menopausal or prepubescent female (who may not currently produce eggs) is still female because her biology is organized around egg production (ovaries, XX chromosomes, etc.).
    • This distinction clarifies that functionality (actual gamete production) is not required for sex classification—only the underlying biological architecture.
  3. No Blended or Intermediate Human Gametes Exist
    • While some individuals may have developmental disorders (e.g., intersex conditions affecting reproductive anatomy), these do not create a third gamete type.
      • Intersex variations involve atypical development of reproductive structures but do not result in a gamete that is neither sperm nor egg.
    • True hermaphroditism (producing both gametes) does not occur in humans. Even in rare cases of ovotesticular disorder, the individual does not produce functional sperm and eggs simultaneously.
  4. Therefore, Sex Is Binary
    • The binary nature of sex is rooted in the fact that there are exactly two gamete types, and human physiology is designed around one or the other.
    • This does not deny the existence of variations in sexual development (intersex conditions) but affirms that such variations are disorders of sexual development (DSDs), not evidence of a sex spectrum.
      • Just as having an atypical number of fingers (polydactyly) does not redefine the standard human digit count, intersex conditions do not redefine the binary framework of sex.
    • Social concepts of gender identity (how one perceives oneself) are distinct from biological sex (gamete production design).

Conclusion​

Human sex is binary because:
  1. There are only two gamete types (sperm and egg).
  2. Sex is defined by the physiological design for one gamete type, regardless of function.
  3. No intermediate or blended gamete types exist.
This binary framework is a foundational biological reality, even as society acknowledges the complexity of gender identity and the existence of intersex individuals.
 
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