More proof has been found that sex is way more “traditional” than marriage!

How much more traditional, you ask? Oh I DON’T KNOW maybe like 39 million years and THEN SOME more traditional. According to MSNBC, a Baltic amber fossil has been found which encases two mites doin’ the nasty, and scientists believe it could be up to 40 million years old. According to researchers Pavel Klimov and Ekaterina Sidorchuk, this fossil is particularly interesting because it shows the female mite initiating the sex act. Talk about female empowerment!

“This is in contrast to the present-day reproductive behavior of many mite species where almost all aspects of copulation are controlled by males,” they said. Hmm, sounds similar to humans, huh? The researchers also noted that in modern times, male mites must fight over the females and sometimes have to force the copulation upon them. Mite rape, if you will. Apparently, the stigma around sex before marriage has trickled down to mites too!

Let’s all get back to our evolutionary roots, guys. Let women be more aggressive, stop forcing men to fight over women, and put an end to the “marriage before sex” rules. I’m sure that sexy mite couple up there weren’t married, or else that little drop of amber would have captured them arguing over toilet paper brands and not getting it on doggy style. Mite booty call FTW!