Social Aging in Wild Lions

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Male and female lions socialize differently throughout their lives, study reveals

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New research from the University of Oxford on wild lions has revealed that males and females experience vastly different changes to their social network throughout their lives.

For females, social connectivity to their "friends" is key for a long life, since females with stronger connections with their friends tend to live longer.

For males, it is the raw number of friends which appears to be important for survival, since having a higher number of associates is associated with a longer lifespan.

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