A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

While the study focused on mice, the findings could shed light on human interactions and the neuronal pathways that affect our behavior. “You may think that being dominant in the animal kingdom is all ...

How a new father behaves toward his baby can change family dynamics in a way that affects the child's heart and metabolic ...

Because same-sex sexual behavior does not result in offspring, evolutionary biologists have long wondered how the genes associated with this behavior have persisted in the human genome, and whether ...

Are helicopter parents the reason kids don’t turn rebellious until their teenage years, when they finally get some autonomy?

A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to use computers to better understand human behavior and social interaction. Ifeoma Nwogu, an ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison ...

Chimpanzees show physical risk taking peaks in infancy, not adolescence, highlighting the powerful role of supervision in ...