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SUBMITTER: Rosati AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7668794 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20201001 6515
Humans prioritize close, positive relationships during aging, and socioemotional selectivity theory proposes that this shift causally depends on capacities for thinking about personal future time horizons. To examine this theory, we tested for key elements of human social aging in longitudinal data on wild chimpanzees. Aging male chimpanzees have more mutual friendships characterized by high, equitable investment, whereas younger males have more one-sided relationships. Older males are more like ...[more]