EC Nebraska | OntarioCanuck - 8/2/2017 14:21
Sometimes we think we are all so smart but I recently read where it was 1875 or so before humans finally figured out exactly how babies were 'made'.
That was when they finally realized the wiggly things in male ejaculate were not 'parasites' (yes the believed them to be like the wiggly things in pond water until then) but a key part of the process of a woman getting pregnant. Not sure when they discovered the egg in a woman but think it was not much different in time period.
Yes they knew that the sexual act was part of it but did not know how it worked and had no idea of why sometimes it resulted in a pregnancy and other times it did not.
While it's probably true that people without a microscope didn't worry about sperm cells, most peoples in recorded history were quite aware that it was male semen going into the womb that caused pregnancy. Just look up the history of contraception. They knew the gross mechanics of it.
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