HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

Humans are pretty monogamous, all things considered. That’s not a judgment call – it’s the conclusion of a new study from a ...

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy.

Are humans the result of a pig and a chimpanzee mating? Maybe, says Eugene M. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Georgia, and specializes in studying hybridization in ...

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, ...

Ainebyona and others involved in chimp conservation in this remote Ugandan rainforest say they aim for the kind of communion ...