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 study in Australia ran a computer simulation that showed how assortative mating (the preference for romantic partners ...

Maybe it's not similar interests, horoscope signs, looks, or proximity that make women and men fall in love. According to evolutionary scientists, when people throw up their hands and say "it was just ...

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 ...

An analysis of the microscopic dynamics between sperm and egg has revealed a fascinating twist to a phenomenon called female "cryptic choice." According to a new study, eggs use various chemical ...

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 ...

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 ...