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Authors
Vilgalys, Tauras P.
Anderson, Jordan A.
Fogel, Arielle S.
Lin, Dana
Archie, Elizabeth A.
Alberts, Susan C.
Tung, Jenny
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS-1751783)
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS-2041621)
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS- 2018897)
Leakey Foundation
National Institutes of Health (R01AG071684)
National Institutes of Health (R01AG075914)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Article History
Received: 9 August 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
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: The Kenya-based research reported here was conducted with permission from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), and the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), which we currently renew on an annual basis. Samples were collected and exported under NEMA permits and CITES permits from KWS. We also hold a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with KWS, the University of Nairobi, the Kenya Institute of Primate Research, and the National Museums of Kenya that details the ABRP research mission and commitment to benefits sharing under the Nagoya Protocol. The research in this study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at Duke University (most recently under protocol A003-24–01) and the University of Notre Dame (most recently under 25–01-9055) and the Ethics Council of the Max Planck Society (2022_29) and adhered to the laws and guidelines of the Kenyan government.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
