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Never caught the owl monkeys cheating
- In 18 years of observing the monkeys, scientists never caught the owl monkeys cheating, and tests reveal genetic monogamy, where the father and mother raising the infants are the true biological parents.
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Mar 18, 2014 · A new study shows that Azara's owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) are unusually faithful. The investigation of 35 offspring born to 17 owl monkey pairs turned up no evidence of cheating; the male...
Mar 19, 2014 · You won't catch an owl monkey sneaking off and philandering. Aotus azarae , also known as night monkeys, win the prize for being the finest dads in the primate world; researchers have found that they're the first primate species—besides humans—to demonstrate real faithfulness and monogamy .
Yet a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers shows that Azara’s owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) are unusually faithful. The investigation of 35 offspring born to 17 owl monkey pairs turned up no evidence of cheating; the male and female monkeys that cared for the young were the infants’ true biological parents.
Mar 13, 2024 · "Owl monkeys are one of the few mammals where we have absolutely no evidence of unfaithfulness; there’s not a single genetic data point that suggests that males and females in pair...
By examining 14 different regions of the genome, the research team's analysis strongly suggested that owl monkeys were completely faithful. They found no evidence of...
Mar 18, 2014 · By examining 14 different regions of the genome, the research team's analysis strongly suggested that owl monkeys were completely faithful. They found no evidence of...
Jan 25, 2013 · Faithful monkeys, it turns out, are rewarded with more babies—and a better chance of their genes carrying on into the future—than unfaithful ones. When owl monkeys break up, researchers...
