Baboons of a Feather Stick Together

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Photo: By Chi King, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license.A new study shows chacma baboons within a troop spend more of their time with baboons that they resemble, choosing to associate with those of a similar age, status, and even personality. This is known as homophily, or "love of the same."I take a closer look at this study and what it means for the spread of information or culture within groups at the British Psychological Society's Research Digest Blog: Baboons Like to Hang Out With Other Baboons That are Similar.

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