Human pair bonding is more comparable to exclusive mating seen in meerkats and beavers than in our primate cousins ...

Sexuality and gender are often at the forefront of cultural and political debate today. In his new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern ...

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

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major study into monogamy across the animal kingdom, which reveals the ...

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our evolutionary cousins fall at the bottom of the table - with mountain gorillas at 6% ...

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

The first study to analyse rates of full vs half siblings in a range of mammals provides new evidence for monogamous behaviour in humans compared to other animals.

Michelle Spear does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Last year, the New York Times (Mooallem, 03.29.10), published an article entitled "Can animals be gay?" which discussed biologists' recent and past discoveries of same-sex animal behavior, how ...