This View of Life
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While exchanging favors with others, humans tend to think in terms of tit-for-tat, an assumption easily extended to other animals.

A new study of seal locomotion suggests that true seals and sea lions evolved in parallel from separate aquatic ancestors.

An inspiring story about a day in the life of Charles Darwin.

Scholars continue to debate the Decline of Violence thesis. The latest critique is offered by Nassim Taleb; Pinker responds.

How living things evolve new functions from a limited set of genes.

Did you eat a hot meal today? It's a smart thing to do, as our ancestors learned.

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.