Robin Dunbar is a professor of anthropology at the University of Oxford, a renowned evolutionary psychologist and author of Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships.

Friendship is one of life’s simplest pleasures. While it’s easy to take friendships for granted, the variety of people in your corner often defines how balanced, supported, and joyful your life feels.

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Many of us measure our friendships by depth or quantity: Do I have enough close friends? Are they texting me back? Do they like me? But having spent the last 15 years studying happiness, I've learned ...

There are a lot of different ways we try to classify ourselves. Everybody wants to fit into a group and feel like they belong. One way to do this is to describe the type of friend you are through your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage: Self; Source Images: Getty Images No matter how much everyone in a friend group wants to hang out, turning ideas into ...

Several years ago, my then-colleague Barry Chung offered to nominate me for an honor in our professional organization. There was one problem: I didn’t think I qualified. I tried to decline. Our ...

No matter how much everyone in a friend group wants to hang out, turning ideas into real plans can become a real challenge. Suggestions get tossed around, availability is loosely discussed, yet ...