Among Tanzanian chimpanzees, the mothers of sons are about 25 percent more social than the mothers of daughters, found in a study of nearly four decades of observational data. Boy moms were found to spend about two hours more per day with other chimpanzees than the girl moms did. Chimpanzees have a male-dominated society in which rank is a constant struggle and females with infants might face physical violence and even infanticide. It would be safer in general to ...Tuesday 25 November 2014
Boy Moms More Social in Chimpanzees
Among Tanzanian chimpanzees, the mothers of sons are about 25 percent more social than the mothers of daughters, found in a study of nearly four decades of observational data. Boy moms were found to spend about two hours more per day with other chimpanzees than the girl moms did. Chimpanzees have a male-dominated society in which rank is a constant struggle and females with infants might face physical violence and even infanticide. It would be safer in general to ...
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