Baboon personalities connected to social success and health benefits
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, researchers have shown that baboon personality plays a role in these outcomes, and, like people, some baboons' personalities are better suited to making and keeping friends than others.