Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) strategically manipulate their environment to deny conspecifics access to food

Abstract Humans modify their environment to grant or prevent others’ access to valuable resources, for example by using locks. We tested whether sanctuary-living chimpanzees (N = 10) would flexibly modify their environment to either allow or deny a dominant conspecific access to a shared food source...

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Main Authors: Stephan P. Kaufhold, Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Jingzhi Tan, Sofia Fernandez-Navarro, Rebeca Atencia, Federico Rossano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68159-3