Having Well-connected Friends Benefits Female Baboons

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 12:01 in Psychology & Sociology

In humans, it’s well documented that having a healthy social life is associated with better physical health. The same is true for baboons: females who have close bonds with other females live longer and have greater reproductive success. In a new study published in Royal Society Open Science, Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth […]

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