Latest Selection Stories

Determining Sexual Selection In Extinct Species
2013-01-30 08:11:48

According to a new study in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, determining if certain extinct animals had sexually selective traits is possible, despite the fact that we cannot observe their behavior.

Man’s New Best Friend Is A Rat
2012-12-28 10:45:05

The new species angling for the position of top dog and the surreptitious behavior it displays in doing so can only lead one to surmise that this animal is acting, well, like a rat.

2012-08-13 11:12:47


2012-08-04 02:32:38

Why do adults continue to play throughout their lives while most other mature mammals cease such behavior?

2012-07-16 23:03:08


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2012-05-29 23:03:23

Darwin made adaptation to the environment the key property of evolved living creatures. That's all natural selection can do.

Darwinian Selection Continues To Influence Human Evolution
2012-04-30 14:25:37


2012-04-19 11:23:56

In a dog-eat-dog world of ruthless competition and 'survival of the fittest,' new research from the University of Leicester reveals that individuals are genetically programmed to work together and cooperate with those who most resemble themselves.

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