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Daddy stays home

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Happy family: Dad takes care. Photo: AP

Having dad at home is a good thing for the kids, at least in baboon society. A new study at Duke University has shown that young baboons, especially females, which grow up with their father around are healthier and mature more quickly. Primatologist Susan Alberts speculates that the male may help increase nutrition by getting more food. Another possibility is that they interfere in disputes on behalf of their kids, which helps reduce junior’s stress levels. UCLA anthropologist Joan Silk pointed out that, since females mated with multiple males, the general belief was that males didn’t know who their offspring were. But a study of DNA samples from baboons in Kenya showed that infants grew up with their fathers. The study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

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