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SCI & TECHLOWAug 10 · Aug 10, 2026, 5:00 PM

What primates tell us about the evolutionary origins of keeping pets

New Scientist

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the latest research on primates to understand how long we’ve had the impulse to adopt furry friends

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