Marmosets give experimental stimuli a side-eye « Anthropology# « Cambridge Core Blog

Marmosets give experimental stimuli a side-eye « Anthropology# « Cambridge Core Blog

For decades, researchers have asked whether the colour of an animal's eyes says anything about its temperament. The idea draws on the proposed domestication syndrome – a group of behavioural and physical traits thought to arise together under selection against aggression, including tamer behaviour and reduced pigmentation. Applied to primate self-domestication, this raised the possibility