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Father knows best

Paul W. Sherman () and Bryan D. Neff ()
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Paul W. Sherman: Mudd Hall, Cornell University
Bryan D. Neff: University of Western Ontario

Nature, 2003, vol. 425, issue 6954, 136-137

Abstract: When females mate with several males, paternity may be uncertain. But male savannah baboons are seldom confused: when intervening in fights between youngsters, they generally support their own offspring.

Date: 2003
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