Co-residence between males and their mothers and grandmothers is more frequent in bonobos than chimpanzees.

In long-lived social mammals such as primates, individuals can benefit from social bonds with close kin, including their mothers. In the patrilocal chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes spp.) and bonobo (Pan paniscus), sexually mature males reside and reproduce in their natal groups and can retain post-depend...

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Main Authors: Grit Schubert, Linda Vigilant, Christophe Boesch, Reinhard Klenke, Kevin Langergraber, Roger Mundry, Martin Surbeck, Gottfried Hohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24358316/?tool=EBI