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To Mate or Not to Mate? Baboons’ Inbreeding Defense Is Biased
To Mate or Not to Mate? Baboons’ Inbreeding Defense Is Biased
Researchers find that wild baboons are generally good at avoiding inbreeding, but that it’s more likely to occur with paternal than maternal relatives.
Researchers find that wild baboons are generally good at avoiding inbreeding, but that it’s more likely to occur with paternal than maternal relatives.
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Dorothy Cheney, Pioneer in Social Cognition, Dies
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Her work changed the discipline by bringing rigorous experimentation to field studies of monkeys and baboons.
Touchy Feely
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The Scientist | May 31, 2015 | 1 min read
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A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
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A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
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Megan Scudellari | Apr 12, 2012 | 3 min read
Baboons are able to distinguish printed English words from nonsense sequences of letters—the first step in the reading process.