It may be hard to imagine competing over who gets to kiss a frog, but when it comes to mating, a new study concludes that some frogs have moved out of the pond onto land to make it easier for the male in the pair to give ...
Evolution
Jul 26, 2016
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What do you get when you mix theorists in computer science with evolutionary biologists? You get an algorithm to explain sex.
Evolution
Jun 16, 2014
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New evidence proves humans are continuing to evolve and that significant natural and sexual selection is still taking place in our species in the modern world.
Evolution
Apr 30, 2012
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Females play a larger role in determining paternity than previously thought, say biologists in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. Their findings are the subject of a new paper titled "Female mediation of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2013
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Sexual selection provides an answer to the existence of lavishly ornate signals in animals, but not to the question of why such signals are attractive—for example, why do females prefer the extravagant plumage of peacocks? ...
Evolution
Apr 4, 2023
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We've heard the clichés: "It was love at first sight," "It's inner beauty that truly matters," and "Opposites attract." But what's really at work in selecting a romantic or sexual partner?
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2013
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The mating display of the male bird of paradise owes its optical extravagance to a background so black it is the envy of telescope and solar panel engineers, according to a new study published Jan. 9 in the journal Nature ...
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2018
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We know the benefits of laughter on health. But why do we laugh? What are the evolutionary origins of laughter and humour? Steven Légaré has asked these questions and has made them the subject of his master's thesis, which ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2013
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'Attractive' male birds that mate with many females aren't passing on the best genes to their offspring, according to new UCL research which found promiscuity in male birds leads to small, genetic faults in the species' genome.
Evolution
Mar 23, 2015
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(Phys.org) -- A classic study from more than 60 years ago suggesting that males are more promiscuous and females more choosy in selecting mates may, in fact, be wrong, say life scientists who are the first to repeat ...
Evolution
Jun 26, 2012
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