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 ...

When I was an undergraduate biology major, I had the opportunity to pursue an independent study with Professor E.O. Wilson, reviewing some of the contemporary literature on sociobiology, a field he ...

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.

While it was already known that human activity changes the environment, Phys.org reported that a recent study, published in the journal Science, has shown the effect of human activity on animal ...

While many studies have looked at possible evolutionary links between men's strength and sexual behavior, a Washington State University study included data on women with a surprising result. Women, as ...

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