Early life drought predicts components of adult body size in wild female baboons
E. J. Levy, A. Lee, I. L. Siodi, E. C. Helmich, E. R. McLean, E. J. Malone, M. J. Pickard, R. Ranjithkumar, J. Tung, E. Archie, S. C. Alberts
This study finds that early-life drought in wild female baboons predicts shorter limbs but not torso length, with moderate heritability for body size measures.
American Journal of Biological Anthropology · Sep 22, 2023Peer-reviewedEcology