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Mountain gorilla menopause & raccoon snouts

Gabriel Borrud | Conor Dillon
November 20, 2025

We're on our way to having a new housepet, a study suggests. Also, mountain gorillas join humans as part of the (exclusive) 'grandmother hypothesis.'

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