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"We found that individuals in one group -- AK -- display significantly more affiliative behaviors than in the two other groups, and this difference was stable over 9 years of study," Kerjean says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

“Cats will knead on preferred people in the house or their favorite person, so kneading can also be that affiliative, social behavior that can help build a bond.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2023

Intriguingly, SuperAgers also have an abundance of a special type of brain cell known as von Economo neurons, which are believed to be important for social affiliative behaviors.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

The tendency towards longer term affiliative relationships is one that humans share with many of our primate evolutionary cousins.

From Salon • May 31, 2021

The more time they spent foraging, the more affiliative they became, and soon they were applying their displays of mutual respect and tolerance to other tasks, like rebuffing male harassers.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2016