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Male baby chimpanzees have significantly more adult male social partners than baby female chimpanzees; there is no difference between the genders in adult female social partners

Topic: Dimorphism

Source

Citation: Boys will be boys: sex differences in wild infant chimpanzee social interactions

Author(s): Lonsdorf, Anderson, Stanton, Shender, Heintz, Goodall, Murray

Institution(s): Franklin & Marshall College, Lincoln Park Zoo, The George Washington University, University of Chicago, the Jane Goodall Institute

Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000334721300523X

Nation(s): international

Year(s): 2014

Source: Primary

Type: Behavioral Experiment

Discussion

Other Notes:

Strong indicator of tendency for males especially to need M2M interaction