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mandrill
Old World monkeys in the genus Mandrillus. They are the ugliest and most brutal-looking of the monkeys, with brightly colored genital regions and buttocks. They are large, walk on all four limbs and are terrestrial in habit.
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The results of the study on mandrills support the disputed theory that humans are attracted to those with a dissimilar genetic make up to maintain genetic diversity.
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To see if other primate faces convey enough information to determine relatedness, the scientists tested whether humans could see a family resemblance in chimpanzees, lowland mountain gorillas, mandrills and chacma baboons.
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For example, among mandrills, the brightly coloured primates which live in the rainforests of equatorial West Africa, the most aggressive males typically have the reddest face, genitals and rump.
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