Early-life paternal relationships predict adult female survival in wild baboons.

ABSTRACT: Parent-offspring relationships can have profound effects on offspring behavior, health, and fitness in adulthood. These effects are strong when parents make heavy investments in offspring care. However, in some mammals, including several species of carnivores, rodents, and primates, fathers live and socialize with offspring, but paternal care per se is subtle or indirect. Do these limited father-offspring relationships also affect later-life outcomes for offspring? Working in a well-studied baboon population where males contribute little direct offspring care, we found that juvenile female baboons who had stronger paternal relationships, or who resided longer with their fathers, led adult lives that were 2-4 years longer than females with weak or short paternal relationships. This p

SUBMITTER: Jansen DAWAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11785213 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature