December is a very special month in many countries around the world. No, not because of Christmas. Because it’s baby-making ...

Plants and animals have evolved all sorts of ways to make themselves more appealing to potential mates—including colorful feet, flamboyant feathers, complex mating dances and sexual deception. Many ...

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 ...

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Scientists have known for a while that Neanderthals occasionally mated with humans eons ago. But a study in Science adds a new layer of knowledge to the subject: It turns out that much of this mating ...

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed surprising information about human breeding practices, according to a new ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy. Many of us think of our own species as a monogamous one. We select a mate, ...