Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 06:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females are much more likely to survive to adulthood than baboons reared by less social mothers, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions...

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