Monkeys' grooming habits provide clues to how we socialise
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 14:07
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of female monkeys' grooming habits provides new clues about the way humans socialise. New research reveals a link between the size of the neocortex in the brain, responsible for higher-level thinking, and the size of grooming clusters that monkeys belong to.