New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

People and animals often prefer the same mating sounds. New study shows shared biology may shape what we find pleasing to ...

Many of us think of our own species as a monogamous one. We select a mate, and we stick with them, or so we tend to believe. But are modern humans really as monogamous as we assume, and are we any ...

Biological anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists commonly take it for granted that human monogamy has a biological basis. Desmond Morris was an influential early advocate. His 1967 ...

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty A new study suggests Neanderthal males mated with human females more often than the reverse ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be ...

Researchers propose migration and social behaviors may explain this pattern in early human-Neanderthal interactions Modern humans of European and Asian ancestry still carry up to 2% Neanderthal DNA ...