I went to a dance club last weekend, for the first time in months. I was dragged to Liberty’s, a favorite bar for those on campus. There I discovered the human animal. So often professed not to exist, ...

Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to an anthropologist in a new study. Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in ...

A new study challenges long-standing expectations that men are promiscuous and women tend to be more particular when it comes to choosing a mate. The research suggests that human mating strategies are ...

The idea that correlation does not imply causation is a fundamental caveat in epidemiological research. A classic example involves a hypothetical link between ice cream sales and drownings. Instead of ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed – even detachable. They’re one of the most diverse ...

This study tested two hypotheses concerning the cognitive processes underlying human mate choice in Western society: (i) mate preference is conditional in that the selectivity of individuals' mate ...

LONDON (Reuters) - When it comes to choosing a mate, opposites really do attract, according to a Brazilian study that found people are subconsciously more likely to choose a partner whose genetic make ...

Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to a Penn State anthropologist. "There is sexual competition in many species, including humans, ...