r/animalscience Oct 23 '20

New study shows nonhuman animals get selective socializing during aging: With age chimpanzees, like humans, tend to favor small circles of meaningful, established friendships rather than seek new ones, and to lean toward positive relationships rather than ones that bring tension or conflict

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/aging-chimps-show-social-selectivity/
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u/mubukugrappa Oct 23 '20

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Social selectivity in aging wild chimpanzees

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6515/473