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Ethology

The Power of Sexual Selection: How Psychology Influences Evolution and Vice Versa

Allen Frances | Posted 04.28.2013 | Science
Read More: Fitness, Evolution, Human Psychology, Sexual Selection, Darwin, Natural Selection, Ethology, Science News
Allen Frances

Our psychology has been shaped by a sometimes uneasy balance of natural and sexual selection -- the practical need to acquire our daily bread and the romantic need to find love and produce offspring.

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Humans Are Unique Animals Because Evolution Gave Us Angst

Jeffrey P. Kahn, M.D. | Posted 04.21.2013 | Science
Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Mental Health, Ocd, Ethology, Psychology, Mental Illness, Evolutionary Psychology, Consciousness, Reason, Charles Darwin, Panic, Humanity, Evolution, Genetics, Anxiety, Science News
Jeffrey P. Kahn, M.D.

Philosophers and scientists have long debated whether there is something unique about Homo sapiens that sets us apart from all of the other animals. It's not a question of whether we should feel like special humans - it's a question of whether in some way we are actually special animals.

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Cara Santa Maria

Do Animals Have A Sense Of Humor?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 09.25.2012 | Science
Read More: Jonathan Balcombe, Animal Cognition, Ethology, Science, Laughter, Funny Animals, Animals Laugh, Rats Tickled, Animals, Video, Animal Laughter, Talk Nerdy to Me, Sense of Humor, Animal Behavior, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Pet, Science News

LOLCats may make us laugh out loud, but do the kittens in these adorable memes find their own behavior funny? I wondered about humor in the animal kin...

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