Researchers find non-ape species engages in rapid facial mimicry

Friday, April 5, 2013 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers made up of members from three academic centers in Italy has found the first instance of rapid facial mimicry (RFM) outside of humans and apes. In their paper published in Scientific Reports, the researchers report observation of RFM in geladas, a type of cercopithecoid or old-world monkey.

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