The dominant evolutionary theory for Earth's most successful creatures, and a proposed influence on human altruism, is under attack. For decades, selflessness -- as exhibited in eusocial insect ...

Scientists have sketched a new map of the "evolutionary labyrinth" species must traverse to reach eusociality, the rare but spectacularly successful social structure where individuals cooperate to ...

In my opinion, the theory of evolution by natural selection is one of the most elegant and by far one of the most encompassing theories humanity has ever come up with. Even though it was originally ...

A key concept in Darwin's theory of evolution which suggests nature favors larger females that can produce greater numbers of off-spring must be redefined according to scientists behind ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend themselves nicely to watercolor paintings and tricep tattoos alike. Thoreau said ...

Richard Prum, Coe Professor at Yale University and author of “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex,” reveals details of Darwin's theory on gender. This particular hypothesis was not ...

Microorganisms communicate and cooperate to perform a wide range of multicellular behaviours, such as dispersal, foraging, biofilm formation, 'chemical warfare' and quorum sensing. Cooperative ...

Altruistic behaviour, such as sterile worker ants caring for the offspring of their queen, evolves only between related individuals through what is known as kin selection — or so many evolutionary ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Following principles used by A. J. Bateman, we identify the relationship between fecundity and mating success as the central feature in the ...

Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom gives the answer as a definitive no. This is the answer provided in this recent New York Times piece ...