title: Primatology: "a faithful friend is the medicine of life".
abstract: Close, stable social bonds enhance longevity in wild baboons, providing clues about the importance of social bonds in our own evolutionary history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Alberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008136:Longevity; D009769:Object Attachment; D048529:Papio hamadryas / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior