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Anatomically female but capable of self-fertilizing with their own supply of sperm, hermaphrodites remain emphatically uninterested in mating -- until their sperm supply runs dry.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

Anatomically speaking, they basically are the eating machines described in Jaws.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022

Anatomically, they’re more like spiders than crustaceans, and they fluoresce under ultraviolet light.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

“Is that what we abide by and are six-pack abs really possible for women? Nooooo. Anatomically, it’s just ridiculous. But I’m kind of making fun of it.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2018

Anatomically modern humans may have settled Australia before they settled western Europe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond