As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

When fasting or facing a food shortage, the body engages metabolic and behavioral adaptations to survive. How the brain coordinates and regulates these responses has not been clear, but researchers at ...

Dawn Chen, a postdoctoral reseacrher in the University of Pennsylvania is part of a research team that discovered a novel female adaptation in fruit flies that promotes prolonged courtship in their ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 29 (July 17, 2018), pp. 7515-7520 (6 pages) A hallmark of human social behavior is the effortless ability ...

The Conversation revealed its findings last month as part of the Pan African Programme: The Cultured Chimpanzee, sharing that evidence shows different populations of chimpanzees "have evolved genetic ...

Eisenberg, John F. 1983. "Behavioral adaptations of higher vertebrates to tropical forests." In Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems. Golley, F. B., editor. 267–278 ...

This project focuses on the adaptation of a behavioral physical activity intervention with peer support for women with HIV and co-occurring hypertension. Hypertension is the most common comorbidity ...

Part 1. The historical perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The history of mammals [animals] -- 3. The early radiations -- 4. The Edentata -- 5. The Pholidota -- 6. Conclusions concerning the early ...

In this three-part series, we'll explore what common childhood trauma adaptations are, why and how they can be like superpowers (not only when we’re children but also as adults), why and how these ...