Plants and animals have evolved all sorts of ways to make themselves more appealing to potential mates—including colorful feet, flamboyant feathers, complex mating dances and sexual deception. Many ...

The mating game: New DNA study shows female humans often interbred with Neanderthal males Growing research – including ancient DNA technology – is changing the picture of human evolution and how our ...

A recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland explored sexual selection in humans by investigating whether female odor-based mating preferences could predict how compatible male and female ...