A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

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 ...

Human pair bonding is more comparable to exclusive mating seen in meerkats and beavers than in our primate cousins ...

Sexuality and gender are often at the forefront of cultural and political debate today. In his new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern ...

A recent study reveals that humans are more monogamous than primates but less so than beavers, based on sibling analysis across species.

Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently have a discussion using hand gestures, one of the human-like characteristics of other mammals. (Getty Images) Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...