How baboons keep family and romance separate

Baboons are pretty good, but not perfect, at keeping their family and romantic lives from getting too intertwined. Here's where their social filter fails.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
March 14, 2022 ~6 min

Poop shows stressed out female baboons have shorter lives

A study of their poop reveals that female baboons with high levels of stress hormones tended to die younger than less stressed primates.

Duke University • futurity
April 26, 2021 ~7 min


For male baboons, being on top accelerates aging

Accelerated aging is the price male baboons pay for being at the top of the social ladder, researchers report.

Alissa Kocer-Duke • futurity
April 9, 2021 ~6 min

Male baboons with female pals live longer

Having a female bestie gives male baboons a better chance of survival, a new study shows.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Sept. 23, 2020 ~6 min

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