Monday 15 September 2014

Female Baboons With Guy Pals Live Longer: Study

Various studies have linked social interaction to improved health and survival in humans. And new research confirms that the same is true for baboons. A long-term study of more than 200 wild female baboons from the plains of southern Kenya finds that the most sociable females -- measured by how often they engaged in social grooming relative to their peers -- live two to three years longer than their socially isolated counterparts. Socializing with ...

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