Sometimes our results manage to attract the attention of public media. A random selection of links to newspaper articles from around the world discussing our findings are shown below... there would be many more - if you are interested to read more, do a google-search with our names and you might manage to hit some hilarious pieces of journalism!

-International in English- -International in various languages- -Finnish-

International in English:

Science In Action on the BBC World Service, radio interview by Sue Broom about the effects of big brothers on younger siblings: MP3 (1,3MB). Starring: Ian Rickard.

Our TREE review on the effects of contraceptive pill on mate choice made into a rap song “She’s ovulating” at http://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/shes-ovulating

• Science 2012: Natural selection is still with us
• The Scientist 2012: Are Humans Still Evolving? Research on an 18th and 19th century Finnish population suggests that agriculture and monogamy may not have stopped human evolution.
• The Independent 2012: Humans 'still evolving'
• The Telegraph 2012: Humans are still evolving, scientists find: Darwinian survival-of-the-fittest laws continue to shape human evolution in the modern age, research has shown.
• Scotsman 2012: Humans ‘are still evolving’
• The Coversation 2012: Evolution: still going strong after so many years
• Medical Daily 2012: Sexual selection continues to shape human evolution, with men becoming more attractive
• MSN 2012: Humans really are still evolving, study finds: Natural selection continues even with advent of agriculture and other major cultural shifts
• Phys.Org 2012: Darwinian selection continues to influence human evolution
• Live Science 2012: Humans really are still evolving, study finds
• Yahoo 2012: Humans really are still evolving, study finds
• Futurity 2012: Despite advances, humans still evolving
• Eureka Science News 2012: Darwinian selection continues to influence human evolution
• Discovery News 2012: Are we really still evolving?
• Daily Mail 2012: Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' evolution theory still holds true for humans
• Wall Street Journal 2011: The tricky chemistry of attraction
• New York Times 2011: When a bumper crop led to a Baby Bulge
• Phys.Org 2012: Marriage patterns drive fertility decline
• The Telegraph 2010: Women will evolve into having children at older age
• Baby Zone 2010: Fertile future: Women may become more fertile in their 40s
• eScience News 2010: Marriage patterns drive fertility decline
• One India News: Marriage patterns influence fertility decline in old age
• Science Daily 2010: Marriage patterns drive fertility decline
• Yahoo News 2010: Why Neurotics haven't died out
• MedWire News 2010: Fertility could be affected by personality
• Private Healthcare UK 2010: Reproductive success 'linked to personality'
• ScienceDaily 2010: Personality can predict fertility
• Medical News Today 2010: The influence of personality traits on reproductive success
• Daily Mail 2010: Neurotic women 'more fertile than laid-back peers', say scientists
  
• The Times of India 2010: Personality can predict fertility
• Newsweek 2009: Birth-Control Bummer? The Pill may affect attractiveness, but don't give up on oral contraceptives yet
• Science Daily 2009 Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners
• Playboy 2009: The Pill turns women off macho Playboys
• NHS 2009: Has the Pill shaped Hollywood?
• Canberra Times 2009: The Pill skews natural instincts
• Daily Mail 2009: Taking the pill for past 40 years 'has put women off masculine men'
• The Daily Telegraph 2009: Higher hormones equal robust offspring
• USA Today 2009: Do birth control pills alter mate selection
• ABC 2009: Study confirms 'pill' affects mate choice
• The Telegraph 2009: The pill 'gives women a taste for boyish men like Zac Efron'
• New Scientist 2009: Has the pill changed the rules of sexual attraction?
• Science 2008: Boys take energy
• The Telegraph - Calcutta 2008 Childless? Blame big brother - Older child’s sex affects sibling: study
• Scotsman 2008 Big brothers blamed again
• New Scientist 2008 Older brothers mean smaller siblings
• New Scientist 2008 Why men should pair off with younger women
• The Times of India 2008 Less height? Blame your older brother
• Medindia.com 2008 Small matter of height
• Economic TImes 2008: Mums to have fewer kids
• The Telegraph 2008 Waiting to have children part of evolution
• Webindia 2008: Mums going for fewer kids to give them best start in life
• Sheffield Telegraph 2008: We choose baby quality over quantity
• Yorshire Forward 2008 Sheffield researchers make mothering breakthrough
• Medical NewsToday 2008 Modern mums opt for giving best start in life and fewer children
• News at Nature 2007 Advantageous offspring
• The Telegraph 2007 Why men like to marry younger women
• Scientific American 2007 What is the best age difference between husband and wife?
• Scientific American 2007 The Trouble with Men
• Marie Claire 2007 (!!): Why men marry younger women
• Metro 2007 Big age gaps increase fertility
• BBC News 24 2007 Older brother 'dampens fertilty'
• Yorkshire Post 2007 People with older brothers 'less fertile'
• Times 2007 Bearing a son takes...
• South Asia News 2007 People with elder brother more likely to have reduced fertility
• Medical News Today 2007 Siblings of older brothers end up raising fewer children than siblings with older sisters
• WebIndia 2007 People with elder brothers more likely to have reduced fertility
• LifeStyleExtra 2007 Older sibling reduces chances of kids
• The Star 2007 Why a brother can make you less fertile
• News Central 24 2007 New study shows that big brothers reduce fertility
• BigNewsDay 2007 Older sibling reduces chances of kids
• Scientific American 2007 What Finnish Grandmothers Reveal about Human Evolution
• BBC News-24 2007 Grans not grandpas 'extend life'
• News Central 24 2007 Grandfathers' role unravelled by researchers
• The Star Long-lived granny boosts reproduction
• New Scientist 2007 Male twins can reduce their sisters' fertility
• News@Nature 2007 Twin brothers make women less fertile
• New Scientist 2007 Males meddle with their twin sisters' love lives
• BBC News-24 2007 Male twins can reduce fertility
• Reuters 2007 Women with male twins less likely to marry
• Economist 2007 Human evolution: My sister's keeper
• Discover June 2005 Later mums, Longer Lives
• The Independent 2005: "Early motherhood may shorten a woman's life"
• Telegraph News 2004 Scientists discover 'the point' of grannies
• The Times 2004: "Grannies and children need menopause"
• BBC News 2004: "Grans live longer to be carers"
• Pravda 2004: "Grans crucial for child survival"
• New Scientist 2004 How to maximise your Christmas presents
• CBC News 2004: "Grandmothers' long life key to child care"
• Science News Online 2004: "Grannies give gifts of longer lives"
• Science & Spirit 2004 "Motherhood- The next generation"
• Royal Society Newsletter 2003 "Reproductive success and longevity in humans"
• News at Nature 2002 April was the cruellest month to be born in 19th centuary Canada
• Daily Times 2002: "Having too many sons shortens mother's life"
• The Times 2002: "Sons shorten a mother's life by about 34 weeks"
• New Scientist 2005 Sons cut short their mothers' lives
• The Japan Times 2002: "Sons light up mum's life, but also take years off"
• Daily Mail 2002: “You boys will be the death of me!”
• Daily Telegraph 2002: "Having too many sons ‘is bad for mother's health"
• The Financial Times 2002: "How sons can shorten their mothers' lives"

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