title: Aging: Lessons for Elderly People from Monkeys.
abstract: As life expectancy increases, health in the elderly is a growing issue. Health is linked to remaining socially active, but the elderly typically narrow their social networks. The social life of aging monkeys shows interesting parallels, indicating social patterns may be rooted in evolution.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: crockford@eva.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crockford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006120:Grooming; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D012934:Social Isolation