News tagged with male competition

Some males react to competition like bonobos, others like chimpanzees

The average man experiences hormone changes similar to the passive bonobo prior to competition, but a "status-striving" man undergoes changes that mirror those found in a chimpanzee, say researchers from Duke and Harvard ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

It was brawn over beauty in human mating competition

(PhysOrg.com) -- Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to a Penn State anthropologist.

Biology / Evolution

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

When climate is iffy, birds sing a more elaborate tune

Why is it that some birds sing such elaborate songs and others not so much? A new study published online on May 21st in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, says that climate patterns might be part of the answer.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Faithful females who choose good providers key to evolutionary shift to modern family, study finds

In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Contact with 'rivals' changes male behavior

Males consistently change their mating behaviour depending on whether they have spent time with other males before mating, according to new findings by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0