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Sharing food boosts social bonding in chimps: Study

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 17:32

Food sharing promotes social bonding in chimpanzees, leading them to form cooperative relationships, a new study has found.

Decoded: How honey bees determine sex

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 14:52

The truth behind the unique sex-determination system in honeybees - where males develop from unfertilised eggs and females develop from fertilised eggs - is out.

Scientists discover early relative of man

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 19:35

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown human relative, with whom ancient man must have had sex with.

Time does stand still when you are in love: study

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:14

The popular belief that time seems to slow down or even stop when falling in love at first sight may actually be true, a new research suggests.

I’ts like mother, like daughter, like father, like son, when it comes to lifespans

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 12:29

Evolutionary biologists have shown that the proverb: like mother, like daughter; like father, like son, also applies to inheriting a long life at least for fruit flies.

Fossil of most evolutionarily successful mammal found in China

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 22:45

A nearly complete skeleton that belongs to the oldest ancestor of "the most evolutionarily successful and long-lived mammal lineage" on Earth has been unearthed in China

We owe our swimming style to apes!

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 17:31

We owe our swimming style to our evolutionary past, as just like apes we have a tendency to swim using a form of breaststroke, a new study has revealed.

American dogs have Asian origins

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 21:41

A new genetic analysis of hundreds of American dog breeds has found that the native canines` ancient roots trace back to Asia.

Just 2 genetic mutations sparked evolutionary jump 500 million years ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 12:44

A research team has found that the stage for the evolution of modern hormonal signalling was set by just 2 mutations about 500 million years ago.

Family tree of all known snake and lizard groups mapped

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 19:20

The first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe has been created by scientists.

Even animals indulge in self-medication

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 12:56

Animal pharmacists! The practice of self-medication in animal is lot more widespread than previously thought, according to new research.

Humans living 40,000 years ago related to present-day Asians

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 09:04

DNA analysis has found that ancient humans living some 40,000 years ago in the area near Beijing were likely related to many present-day Asians and Native Americans.