A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Get the Popular ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

On the face of it, there’s no reason not to dissect religion with the same tools used to pick apart animal behavior. Why can’t we ask how religion evolved? What’s wrong with trying to figure out ...

One of the big unsolved mysteries in evolutionary theory is why creatures are altruistic. Selflessness doesn’t seem to be one of those qualities that ensure survival of a bloodline, since, by ...

The evolution of the so-called Dread Risk response has been explained by new scientific research. People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events ...

A loving relationship can be an oasis in uncertain times, but nurturing it requires attention, honesty, openness, vulnerability, and gratitude. This blog entry is about one of my many pet peeves.

Randolph Nesse, MD, is a research professor of life sciences at Arizona State University. For more about evolutionary medicine, see the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health.

If you think about the world around us, the meaning of completing a certain well-defined task usually remains constant. If someone tells you that they just built a house, you can develop expectations ...

This blog entry is about one of my many pet peeves. Essentially, there is much literature examining correlates of sex differences in a specific behavior that claim to provide a test of one ...