Strategic rejection of newborns is associated with substantially extended lifespan in parents and increased lifespan in well-reared offspring in owl monkeys Parental rejection of apparently healthy newborns occurs across captive primate colonies, yet its adaptive significance remains unclear. In owl monkeys ( Aotus nancymaae ), spontaneous parental reject...

What if newborn abandonment- widely seen in captive primates, was not pathology but adaptation (see thread)? A fresh preprint led by Jayde Farinha (from UCL Anthropology) #LifeHistory #Primates #UCLAnthropology #EvolutionaryMedicine www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Chris Knight and Camilla Power ask what can we learn from monkeys and apes about resistance to male dominance? Among machiavellian intelligent primates, just being bigger and stronger doesn’t always win. This is not only true with Old World Monkeys who have female kin bonds (eg vervets) but also […]