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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

Richer people ignore evolutionary pressures to have lots of children, preferring a smaller family to maintain their socioeconomic status

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Babies without sex or pregnancy?

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Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex

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Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex

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Older fathers pass on more mutations

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Older fathers pass on more mutations

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First non-hormonal male 'pill' prevents pregnancy

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First non-hormonal male 'pill' prevents pregnancy

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Sandpipers achieve world record for sleeplessness

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Sandpipers achieve world record for sleeplessness

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Why Sally Ride's sexuality really matters

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Why Sally Ride's sexuality really matters

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Zoologger: Sloths have slothful attitude to mating

Zoologger: Sloths have slothful attitude to mating

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Kissing device lets you send a long-distance smooch

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Kissing device lets you send a long-distance smooch

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Zoologger: Inbred wandering albatrosses sleep around

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Zoologger: Inbred wandering albatrosses sleep around

They may form lifelong pair-bonds, but wandering albatrosses are not particularly faithful to their partners

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Women dance most attractively when fertile

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Zoologger: The fish with its genitals on its head

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Hungry and horny mantis hides in the wind

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Lying cuttlefish tells rival males he's a girl

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