The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy. Many of us think of our own species as a monogamous one. We select a mate, ...

New study finds that large group size and mating systems where males have multiple mates drove evolution of deeper male voices in primates, including humans UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Deeper male voices ...