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Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behavior among males is widespread and may be beneficial.

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[โ€“] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The heritable part is interesting

Yep! From the article:

The results, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggest same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) has evolved and may be a common feature of primate reproduction.