A study of baboons found that have an easy life when young can pay off years into the future. Catherine Markham Growing up in troubled times strongly affects lifespan in baboons, a new study shows ...

Baboons are a useful proxy for humans because they are similar in their life cycle, social relationships, physiology and behaviour.

Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close and continuous proximity not only to friends and family but also to opponents. For a male, who may live in several different groups over the course ...

Life for males in a baboon troop is very stressful. Males achieve social status in their group through a high level of often violent competition, and have to defend that status vigorously.

Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends A difficult upbringing can cut years off of a monkey’s life, but good friends can help get them back.

Early-life adversity and adult social relationships have independent effects on the survival outcomes of wild female baboons, a new analysis of 35 years observations in Kenya shows. In a report ...

Female baboons who experience hardships early in life grow up to be less socially connected, revealed a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Sam Patterson from New York ...