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Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral population in Africa. By analyzing genetic data from diverse modern African ...

The question of why females mate with multiple males has long puzzled evolutionary biologists. A new study of African ...

Have you wondered why no one has ever done a cartoon about woodland animals copulating during mating season? Well, wait no longer! The team that brought you Big Mouth is back with a new animated ...

Late in the first season of the Netflix animated comedy “Mating Season,” the protagonists — beta bear Josh (Zach Woods), randy raccoon Ray (Nick Kroll), Sapphic fox Penelope (Sabrina Jalees) and ...

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found. By Emily Anthes Humans do not have to cut down ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments for early survival. But a groundbreaking discovery in West Africa is ...

Two studies in Nature provide a glimpse of what some are interpreting as humanity’s shrinking role in scientific discovery in Perutz’s own field, molecular biology. Both describe a pivotal step ...

Over the past two decades, some studies have suggested that human brains are shrinking. But there is also evidence that IQ scores have risen over the past century. But is it possible for us to get ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...

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