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Brosnan is now a professor of psychology at Georgia State University where she investigates the evolution of cooperation, decision-making and economic behavior among primates.

The rhesus macaque fugitives busted out of Alpha Genesis, a company that breeds primates for medical testing and research, and are on the loose in a part of the state known as the Lowcountry.

Autopsies have found a large amount of sepsis-inducing bacteria that likely came from contaminated soil near the primates' enclosures, authorities said.

A few other studies have used an index similar to the human adverse childhood experiences score with wild primates and hyenas, with largely similar results.

Both parents are part of a European Breeding Programme and this is the fourth year running the park has managed to breed these primates.