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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68159-3 |