Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy.

Humans have a monogamy rating of 66% full siblings, ahead of meerkats (60%) but behind beavers (73%). Meanwhile, our ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to monogamous mammals.

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

A University of Cambridge study reveals that humans are more monogamous than most mammals, ranking between meerkats and ...

New study finds that large group size and mating systems where males have multiple mates drove evolution of deeper male voices in primates, including humans UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Deeper male voices ...

Human pair bonding is more comparable to exclusive mating seen in meerkats and beavers than in our primate cousins ...