
Anthropologist Joan Silk, a UCLA professor, is in the news this week for her research with female baboon moms who have formed tight social networking groups.
[There were about 30 hits for this story this morning on Google Search: silk social networking]
Professor Silk offers a number of publications - on the evolution of cooperation in primate groups - (in pdf format) on her website.
photo credit - Joan Silk's website
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