A massive new analysis of over 200,000 people reveals that the relative lengths of your index and ring fingers are linked to your sexual orientation, pointing to the powerful role of prenatal hormones ...

Exchange of social information and gossip was crucial to our Stone Age ancestors' survival. Gossip identified whom to trust in life-or-death challenges of the ancient world. Gossip strengthens bonds, ...

Gold Shaw Farm examines the evolutionary psychology and domestication traits that keep waterfowl grounded on the homestead. Heavy snow warning as 11 inches could drop Wife of teacher killed in senior ...

A psychologist explains the evolutionary and psychological roots of laughter, and what an infant’s giggles teach us about how adults bond.

The modern educational experience is a clear example of how mismatched today's world is from ancestral conditions.

Attraction is more than just romance. Discover the six types of attraction, from physical and emotional to aesthetic and intellectual, and learn the psychology behind why we form meaningful bonds with ...

New prescriptions for stimulants among adults, largely to treat ADHD, have more than doubled since the start of the COVID-19 ...

What is virtue signaling? Dive into the science and philosophy of moral grandstanding, social media behavior, and what it ...

An early figure in the psychoanalytic movement, Jung is often written off. But his ideas of the collective unconscious and emphasis on archetype and myth resonate.

Paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers in his office on the second floor of the Earth and Planetary Sciences ...

Crystals have repeatedly been found at archaeological sites alongside Homo remains. Evidence shows that hominins have been collecting these stones for as long as 780,000 years. Yet, we know that our ...