A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how sexual selection influences how entire genomes develop. Sexual ...

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The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite unique in the animal ...

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Millions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas, probably from Mexico, crossed the Pacific Ocean to Fiji on giant rafts ...

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...