Friendship Over Household: How Feminine Chimp Bonds Hold Infants Alive within the Wild

Within the dense forests of Gombe, feminine chimpanzees that construct sturdy friendships—not with household, however with unrelated females—dramatically enhance the percentages their infants will survive. A decades-long examine revealed that social bonding earlier than delivery, particularly by grooming and companionship, affords highly effective safety towards the tough realities of toddler mortality within the wild. Surprisingly, the presence […]