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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: DimorphismSource
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 ExperimentDiscussion
Other Notes:Strong indicator of tendency for males especially to need M2M interaction