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We haven’t evolved to be successful in the modern world.

In an act that proclaimed the continuing importance of the aging spacecraft—looking tired and dusty but proud after weathering no less than five Martian winters—the rover <em>Opportunity</em> beamed home a set of images that has scientists scratching their heads.Scientists examining a Mars image from the 9-year-old rover <em>Opportunity </em>have multiple working hypotheses of what the spherules might be, but no one is yet sold on an explanation.

Alleles (forms of genes) that increase one's risk for depression also enhance immune responses to infections.

Having a small number of children increased the economic success and social position of descendants across up to four generations, but reduced the total number of long-term descendants.

Do you favor wealth redistribution? The answer might depend on how strong you are.

Research continues apace on the genetics of political behavior

What do women want? Pretty much what men want.

Stereotypes form and evolve over time through social transmission of information, similar to the way in which languages evolve.

New research with rhesus macaques shows that dominance rank has a major impact on gene regulation of the immune system.

Using evolutionary medicine to treat cancer.

For two decades, evolutionary scientists have been locked in a debate over the evolved functions of three distinctive human behaviors.

On an ancient ocean floor in the United Kingdom, paleontologists have found exceptionally well-preserved, 160-million-year-old ink sacs.