Habits are often seen as automatic and inflexible behaviors. But a new study, published in Evolution Letters, suggests that habits may have evolved as a way for animals to handle several tasks at once ...

Habits are often seen as automatic and inflexible behaviours. But a new study, published in Evolution Letters, suggests that habits may have evolved as a way for animals to handle several tasks at ...

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The ability to form and break habits helps animals survive and find food efficiently – and may have benefitted our hunter-gatherer ancestors – according to new research. Forming habits can make ...