Can being too social take years off your life?

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New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Large ground squirrels called yellow-bellied marmots live much longer, on average, if they are less social and more isolated than if they are more social and less isolated, a UCLA-led long-term study has found. A team of biologists studied 66 adult female marmots from 2002 to 2

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Can being too social take years off your life?

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Species (4)

Marmota

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Callospermophilus lateralis

Spermophilus