{"id":5084,"date":"2016-11-15T10:33:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2016-11-15T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:43:40","slug":"older-bonobos-might-need-reading-glasses-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/older-bonobos-might-need-reading-glasses-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Older bonobos might need reading glasses, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5104\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5104\" class=\"wp-image-5104\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/lead_5-tn-g-jd-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Older bonobos are forced to groom others at arm\u2019s length due to their long-sightedness  (Image by Heungjin Ryu CC BY-NC 4.0)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/lead_5-tn-g-jd-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/lead_5-tn-g-jd-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/lead_5-tn-g-jd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Older bonobos are forced to groom others at arm\u2019s length due to their long-sightedness <i>(Image by Heungjin Ryu CC BY-NC 4.0)<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bonobos may not ever encounter indistinguishable writing on a label or small print in a book, but they could still benefit from a pair of reading glasses. A new study found that a similar kind of age-related long-sightedness that affects humans also influences the quality of life for bonobos. But instead of the mild inconvenience of needing glasses to read a newspaper, the inability to see small details up close has a much larger impact on the bonobos. Namely, it negatively affects the bonobos&#8217; ability to groom their peers &#8211; something that can hinder the primates&#8217; social lives. This research also suggests that long-sightedness in humans isn&#8217;t a result of our lifestyle choices, but a natural consequence of aging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heungjin Ryu, Kirsty E. Graham, Tetsuya Sakamaki, Takeshi Furuichi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corresponding author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heungjin Ryu, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(16)31068-5\" target=\"_blank\">Original paper<\/a> published in <em>Current Biology<\/em> on November 7, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonobos may not ever encounter indistinguishable writing on a label or small print in a book, but they could still benefit from a pair of reading glasses. A new study found that a similar kind of age-related long-sightedness that affects humans also influences the quality of life for bonobos. 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