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When females mate with several males, paternity may be uncertain. But male savannah baboons are seldom confused: when intervening in fights between youngsters, they generally support their own offspring.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, New York, USA

    Paul W. Sherman

  2. Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 5B7, Ontario, Canada

    Bryan D. Neff

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Sherman, P., Neff, B. Father knows best. Nature 425, 136–137 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425136a

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