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Baboons show signs of prolonged stress — and the toll it takes

High levels of a stress hormone and truncated survival are linked for the first time in a free-ranging animal.
A baboon sitting on a tree branch

A baboon in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Baboons with high levels of a stress hormone died earlier than those with low levels. Credit: Fernando A. Campos

Chronic stress cuts the life expectancy of female baboons by up to one-quarter.

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Nature 592, 663 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01052-5

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