Among these gregarious macaques, cliques, best-friend pairs, and social climbers are all much in evidence, giving scientists a close look at the primate origins of our drive to affiliate.Īs science journalist Lydia Denworth visited places like Cayo, she grew convinced that humans' social connectedness was far more deep-rooted, and far more biological, than experts had long assumed. Yet this palm-fringed haven - home to about 1,000 rhesus macaques-can feel strangely similar to a weekend watering hole or middle-school cafeteria. On the Puerto Rican island of Cayo Santiago, it's the monkeys, not the humans, who are in charge. This article originally appeared on Undark.
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