These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to ...

But what if we take that concept and bring it to the animal kingdom, specifically to primates? A male and female Kinda baboon share a private moment on a tree branch in Kasanka National Park, Zambia.

More information: Anna H. Weyher et al, A Friendlier "Kinda" Social System: Male Kinda Baboons Invest in Long‐Term Social Bonds With Females, American Journal of Biological Anthropology (2025 ...

Among baboons, females tend to form the strongest bonds with each other. Adult males live apart from them, except when mating. The species of Kinda baboons are different. A new study led by Anna ...

A research team led by William O'Hearn from the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has found that female Guinea baboons court males more intensively when they show special ...

An adult male Kinda baboon grooms an adult female conspecific. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

The baboon may also be seen as part of the occult arts or as linked to the tokoloshe (a supernatural baboonesque man-beast in South African folklore who acts both independently and as a kind of ...