Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Humans are very good at wiping out wildlife. From dodos, to golden toads, to Tasmanian tigers, many species have succumbed to our unique blend of destruction. But just how many animal species have ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

This is where the paradox emerges: the very cognitive abilities that allow humans to innovate, plan, and manipulate the ...