Monkeys' Grooming Habits Provide New Clues To How We Socialize
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 20:14
in Psychology & Sociology
A study of female monkeys' grooming habits provides new clues about the way we humans socialize. New research reveals there is a link between the size of the brain, in particular the neocortex which is responsible for higher-level thinking, and the size and number of grooming clusters that monkeys belong to.