Many animals use vocalizations to judge one another's size and physical formidability when in competition for mates or other resources. Now, researchers have found that humans can use nonverbal vocal ...

Vlad Dracula's legendary gruesomeness, such as dipping his bread in the blood of his enemies, inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Source: Vvssmmaann/Wikimedia Commons Key Points: Inflicting unnecessarily ...

Who knew? Researchers from UCLA report this finding in their article, "Weapons Make the Man (Larger): Formidability Is Represented as Size and Strength In Humans," published this week in the online ...

New research suggests that women tend to find beardedness attractive when judging long-term relationships, perhaps as a signal of formidability among males and the potential to provide direct benefits ...

Many animals--including sea lions, red deer, and dogs--use vocalizations to judge one another's size and physical formidability when in competition for mates or other resources. Now, researchers ...