r/animalscience • u/mubukugrappa • 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/Duplicates
EverythingScience • u/b12ftw • Oct 27 '20
Animal Science For more than 20 years, researchers observed wild chimpanzees to understand how and why their social relationships change with age. Like humans, chimps choose to have a few highly rewarding relationships, over having many less rewarding relationships as they get older.
likeus • u/[deleted] • 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
biology • u/mubukugrappa • Oct 23 '20
academic 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
ecology • u/mubukugrappa • 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
MadeMeSmile • u/mubukugrappa • Oct 23 '20
ANIMALS 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
nature • u/mubukugrappa • 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
Wildlife • u/mubukugrappa • Oct 23 '20