The human body evolved over eons, slowly calibrating to the African savanna on which 98 percent of humankind lived and died. So, too, did the human brain. Evolutionary psychology is the study of the ...

Key points Evolutionary psychology represents a controversial approach, particulary in the domain of human mating preferences. Individuals who appear to be privileged by the approach might be those ...

As a confessed evolutionist, I thought Nora S. Newcombe’s “Is Sociobiology Ready for Prime Time?” (The Review, December 13) was better than most critiques of sociobiology. However, I would disagree ...

More than 59 different primate species have been observed participating in some kind of same-sex behaviors, making it extremely common.

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...

The study of animal behaviour in ecological and evolutionary contexts examines how behavioural traits develop, persist and interact with environmental challenges. Research in this field investigates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese macaques at Joshin-etsu National Park in Japan. (Peter Adams / Getty Images file) (Peter Adams) Humans are far from the ...

Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...

Why calling optimisation behaviour "machine psychology" tells us more about human projection than about machine minds.