When a feline gets threatened, it engages in a suite of behaviors that seem to have the purpose of facilitating its own survival. A cat will growl angrily. It will arch its back. And even the fur on ...

Summary: Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing humans with birds, they show that complex ...

Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation represents an evolutionary argument as to why cellphones may be driving the ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...

A new systematic review published in Evolutionary Psychological Science suggests that the life stage of a mass murderer plays a significant role in shaping their motivations, stressors, and target ...