Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Wild Baboons (IMAGE)

Duke University

Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Wild Baboons

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A four-month old infant baboon rides on its mother's back near Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Early adversity, such as losing a mother before age four, reduces adult life expectancy in wild baboons by up to ten years, researchers find.

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Photo courtesy of Susan Alberts, Duke University

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