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Macaque monkeys shrink their social networks as they age – new research suggests evolutionary roots of a pattern seen in elderly people, too

  • Written by Erin Siracusa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter
imageOlder monkeys still hang out, just with a smaller circle of intimates.Lauren Brent, CC BY-ND

There are many changes that can come with old age – hair turns gray, eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, mobility often becomes limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes to their social world. As we...

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