Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have "self-domesticated" (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have "self-domesticated"

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Asif Ghazanfar, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Princeton University, led a team of scientists who determined that changing an infant monkey's vocal development also changed a physical marker of domesticity: a patch of white fur on its forehead.

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Rebecca Terrett and Lauren Kelly, Ghazanfar Lab, Princeton University

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