The experience of subjective awareness may have evolved to enable the communication of privately experienced ideas and feelings.
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A new cross-species study shows same-sex sexual behaviour has social benefits for groups, which explains its high frequency in humans and other mammals.
When, how, where and why did complex hierarchical societies evolve? Understanding how we got to this point in time may help us address global challenges, like climate change.
Some skinks have been known to kill their babies – but one remarkable species goes to any lengths to save them.
Biologists investigated whether birds that search for multiple mates would evolve ever more elaborate songs to attract them. What they found might have surprised Darwin.
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