[ **up: [[Sex (Biology)]]** ] > [!warning] NOT to be used when discussing/describing human beings. Please see: [[Intersexuality]]. --- # Hermaphroditism - [[Sequential hermaphroditism]] - [[Simultaneous hermaphroditism]] --- ## Evolution [[2025-0310. '... another important factor in driving the evolution of hermaphroditism is mate-search efficiency.'|An ‘important factor in driving the evolution of hermaphroditism is mate-search efficiency.']][^1] [^1]: Nelson R. Cabej, ‘[[Cabej. ‘Epigenetics of Reproduction in Animals’, 2013.|Epigenetics of Reproduction in Animals]]’, in *Building the Most Complex Structure on Earth* (Elsevier, 2013), p. 101.