BEC faculty and student receive media attention for long-term study of impact of sociality on longevity in capuchin monkeys

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Former PhD student Kotrina Kajokaite and her mentor, BEC faculty member Susan Perry, have been in the news lately for their long-term study of the impact of wild female capuchin monkeys’ social interactions on their longevity. The article was published in the journal Behavioral Ecology:

https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/33/4/807/6598784

Popular press summaries of this work can be found here:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/female-monkeys-live-longer-if-they-have-a-social-life

https://www.treehugger.com/female-monkeys-live-longer-female-friends-6501211

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/susan-perry-female-capuchin-monkeys-social-study?preview=4a1d

https://ucla.box.com/s/ibok2nqxyrv5i3u1pyp5kda2bnozxeut

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/11-incredible-uc-research-breakthroughs-2022