Apes, Man

Helicoptering dads get more grandkids — at least in the baboon world. A new study suggests dads are good at keeping away bullies from their kids, at providing a safer environment to help their daughters mature physically more quickly; and generally keep kids better fed, healthier and ready to reproduce healthier offspring sooner.

Not related at all, except by shared fatherhood and "Banana Pancakes"



is daddy singer (and female heartthrobber) Jack Johnson, who has just released his "Sleep Through the Static" not exactly, but at least partially inspired by being a father — he wasn't paying attention to his eldest son's question and the son demanded that he stop daydreaming, which became "If I Had Eyes" (sixth paragraph) — as well as by his father: "It wasn't that he was big on rules or punishments; it was more like you knew you didn't want to disappoint him," he told Outside magazine.

** Apes and man. What more connection needs be made? **