Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why.

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

Countless YouTube videos feature pet birds singing and talking to their owners. Although it may seem like simple mimicry, ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

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Fifty years ago, a controversial writer named Shere Hite taught us how to talk about sex and pleasure, selling books by the ...

Most people with non-African ancestry carry roughly 1–4% Neanderthal ancestry spread across their genomes, a legacy of contact after modern humans expanded into Eurasia. But the X chromosome, one of ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...