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.

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