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Three-Way Lizard Sex War Goes Back 175 Million Years

A three-way sex struggle resembling the game rock-paper-scissors may have existed for 175 million years or more in lizards, research now suggests.

The reptilian triads may be far more common than previously recognized — and may even shape the way humans behave, the scientists said

“You either cooperate, or take by force, or take by deception,” said researcher Barry Sinervo, a behavioral geneticist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “It’s one of those basic games that structures life.”