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Thriving in the face of adversity: Resilient gorillas reveal clues about overcoming childhood misfortune

  • Written by Stacy Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Thriving in the face of adversity: Resilient gorillas reveal clues about overcoming childhood misfortuneA lot of bad things can happen to young mountain gorillas in the wild.Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

In 1974, an infant mountain gorilla was born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Researchers named him Titus. As is typical for young gorillas in the wild, Titus spent the first years of his life surrounded by his mother, father and siblings, as well as...

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