Baboon longevity: friends and status

New Current Biology paper by Silk et al showing: dominance rank and the quality of close social bonds have independent effects on the longevity of female chacma baboons.

Baboon friendships and longevity

New Silk, Cheney et al paper in Current Biology indicates female chacma baboons with close, long-term friends live longer. Science News tidbit here.

hamadryas genome

wow, I didn't realize a draft assembly (almost 6x) of the hamadryas genome is already out.