Baboon Mother and Infant, Kenya (IMAGE)

Duke University

Baboon Mother and Infant, Kenya

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Whether this infant baboon survives to adulthood depends, in part, on events that happened to his mother long before his birth. A study of wild baboons in Kenya finds that a mom's childhood trauma can be passed on to the next generation.

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Chelsea Weibel, University of Notre Dame

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