"Routine" infanticide of newborns by married parents in early modern Europe was a much more widespread practice than previously thought, a new book posits.
Archaeology
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Dieter Lukas and Elise Huchard have now looked into infanticide by female mammals. In previous studies, males have been found to kill when females will not mate with them if they are still caring for an offspring sired by ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2019
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Research conducted by the University of Kent has suggested that the sexual selection hypothesis for infanticide may be the key driver for the high rate of infant killings among a community of chimpanzees in Uganda.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2019
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Research carried out by the University of Kent sheds light on the infanticidal behaviour of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and demonstrates that females are highly sensitive to the relative risks posed to their babies by different ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2018
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Baby birds go missing from their nests all the time. Usually, the disappearances are chalked up to predation, but in extremely rare cases, parents have been observed removing their own chicks from their nests. In a new study ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2018
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In years when food is abundant for squirrels, males kill the young of rival males, according to new research from University of Alberta biologists.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2018
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Natural selection has shaped the ways in which babies grow in different species, including the rate or speed with which they develop.
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2016
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Many bachelor mammals, including lions, mountain gorillas, monkeys, and mice, attack and kill the offspring of other males—a form of infanticide—yet display parental behavior once they themselves become fathers. Now, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2015
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Previous research has shown that infanticide by males is widespread in many mammal species, but most commonly occurs in those species where females live in social groups dominated by one or a few males.
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2014
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It is a cruel world out there, particularly for young animals born into social groups where infanticide occurs. This dark side of evolution is revealed when adults – often males – kill offspring to promote their own genes ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2014
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