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Social mammals live longer—but bigger groups don't add that many extra years

Social mammals live longer—but bigger groups don't add that many extra years
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A new study, published in Ecology and Evolution, shows that social living is associated with longer lifespan, but also that the benefits of sociality level off once animals move beyond living in pairs.

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