A psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on today's standards of beauty, attributing modern men's preferences for women with a curvy backside to prehistoric influences.
Evolution
Mar 19, 2015
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A fear of spiders, arachnophobia, is in our DNA. You don't learn to freeze at the site of these creatures; you're born with the fear. Even the sight of hypodermic needles and houseflies does not trigger a similar response. ...
A pair of researchers at Macquarie University has found that women are able to accurately gauge a man's interest in casual sexual relationships by noting the shape of his face. In their paper published in the journal Evolution ...
A team of human behavioralists at the University of Queensland, in Australia, working with a colleague from the University of Stirling, in the U.K., has found via experimentation that people tend to be more attracted to potential ...
Childcare can be expensive, stressful, and annoying to organise, but a University of Otago-led study has found it may also be behind religion's resilience.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2019
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Passing skills down through the generations, previously thought to be unique to humanity, has been discovered in chimpanzees.
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2017
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A University of Utah study of two African tribes found evidence that men evolved better navigation ability than women because men with better spatial skills - the ability to mentally manipulate objects - can roam farther ...
Evolution
Nov 13, 2014
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Are beards 'in' again because guys are under pressure? Maybe.
Evolution
Mar 25, 2015
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A team of researchers from the University of Pisa and CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon has observed captive female bonobos helping one of their own give birth. In their paper published in the journal Evolution and Human ...
Like to go your own way? Most of us actually prefer to follow the pack, according to UBC research.
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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