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New research says baboon breakups are mutual

By Vincent Acovino,
Christopher Intagliata
Published December 8, 2021 at 2:13 PM MST
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Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.

Brian A. Lerch et al, Better baboon breakups: collective decision theory of complex social network fissions

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