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    1. Evolutionary Biology
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    The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

    Julia Fischer, James P Higham ... Dietmar Zinner
    Wild baboons are an excellent model to study complex evolutionary processes such as speciation and hybridization, as well as the links between sociality, longevity and reproductive success.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Ecological and social pressures interfere with homeostatic sleep regulation in the wild

    J Carter Loftus, Roi Harel ... Margaret C Crofoot
    Collective dynamics and site familiarity, but not the recent history of sleep and activity, shape sleep patterns in a wild social primate.
    1. Ecology

    Sequential phenotypic constraints on social information use in wild baboons

    Alecia J Carter, Miquel Torrents Ticó, Guy Cowlishaw
    Social information is a process encompassing information acquisition, application and exploitation that is constrained by an individual’s social, behavioural and demographic phenotype.
    1. Ecology

    Social Networks: The information trail

    Carol Berman
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    1. Ecology

    Mummified baboons reveal the far reach of early Egyptian mariners

    Nathaniel J Dominy, Salima Ikram ... Paul L Koch
    The fabled land of Punt is mapped for the first time using quantitative methods from the disciplines of primatology, geochemistry, and geography.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Differences across cyclophilin A orthologs contribute to the host range restriction of hepatitis C virus

    Jenna M Gaska, Metodi Balev ... Alexander Ploss
    Incompatibilities between the viral replication machinery and orthologs of the essential host factor cyclophilin A (CypA) contribute to the narrow host range of hepatitis C virus.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Social groups buffer maternal loss in mountain gorillas

    Robin E Morrison, Winnie Eckardt ... Tara S Stoinski
    In mountain gorillas, as in certain human populations, relationships between group members can act as a social buffer, breaking the link between maternal loss, increased social adversity, and decreased fitness.
    1. Neuroscience

    Unexplained repeated pregnancy loss is associated with altered perceptual and brain responses to men’s body-odor

    Liron Rozenkrantz, Reut Weissgross ... Noam Sobel
    Women with unexplained miscarriages have an altered behavioral and brain response to men's body-odor, and this may reflect a factor in their condition.

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