Mammals that live in groups may generally live longer than members of solitary species, suggests a Nature Communications paper. The findings are based on an analysis of nearly 1,000 mammals —including the golden snub-nosed monkey, naked mole-rat, bowhead whale and horseshoe bat⁠—and may improve our understanding of the evolution of social organization and longevity in these species.

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source: Phys.org