Finding a mate can be complicated, especially when the process is colored by differences in social status, preferences, and relationship histories. Such is life, though, for baboons living together on the East African savannah—and, in a recent American Naturalist publication, ABRP researchers Jenny Tung, Susan Alberts, Jeanne Altmann, and colleagues have now shown that genetic make-up also contributes to the mix. Read More

Catherine Markham and collaborators recently found that baboon social groups benefit from a home field advantage when competing with their neighbors.  The Read More

We recently published a paper in PNAS with results that are relevant to social status and health. The paper can be accessed here. The abstract is below.

Social status can have striking effects on health in humans Read More