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The Y chromosome may have gotten a bad rap.

Dialogue about science in general and about evolutionary sciences, history and epistemology has never been more important than in our times.

Why are heterosexual men so fascinated by women's breasts?

the ducks will get you in the end.

The findings will fuel the ongoing debate over whether stone tools mark the beginning of modern human culture.

Sexual dimorphism, an essential piece of many species’ survival, is the difference in morphological appearance between males and females of the same species. Think Lion King: Simba’s father sported a big bushy orange mane, whereas his mother, also a lion, had no showy neck fur to speak of.

Why do people love to say that correlation does not imply causation?

People live longer thanks to the grandmothers who help raise them.

Humans have done more to extend our life expectancy in the last century than during the previous 6.6 million years, since the evolutionary divergence from chimpanzees.

Building a social network and making new friends as valuable as food.

The application of human standards of morality to animal behavior.

A new study argues that in-law competition drove the evolution of menopause. But is the story too good to be true?