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University College London: Primate Mothers Display Different Bereavement Response to Humans
April 17, 2025
LONDON, England, April 17 -- The University College London issued the following news:

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Primate mothers display different bereavement response to humans

Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by UCL anthropologists.

Published in Biology Letters, the researchers found that bereaved maca . . .

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