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Mothers letting go: postnatal maternal investment shapes sex-specific social development in wild vervet monkeys
Josefien A. Tankink, Nokubonga Philile Mirandah. Dlamini, Erica van de Waal
The paper examines how postnatal maternal investment shapes sex-specific social development in wild vervet monkeys, finding that maternal age and rank influence offspring sex ratios, survival, and social integration differently in sons and daughters.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.16.705899