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A group of macaques

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

26 August 2017

Female rhesus macaques have a strict hierarchy, but the subordinates can buck authority and even climb the social ladder if they’re big enough and have enough friends
a group of rhesus monkeys

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

10 August 2017

Two newly identified brain areas reveal how rhesus macaques recognise the difference between intimately familiar faces and faces that the monkeys know less well

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