High social rank comes at a price, wild baboon study finds
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 14:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Being at the very top of a social hierarchy may be more costly than previously thought, according to a new study of wild baboons. The findings have implications in the study of social hierarchies and of the impact of social dominance on health and well-being, a subject of interest among researchers who study human and other animal populations.