Chimpanzees share forbidden fruit

The sharing of wild plant foods is infrequent in chimpanzees, but in chimpanzee communities that engage in hunting, meat is frequently used as a ‘social tool’ for nurturing alliances and social bonds. Here we report the only recorded example of regular sharing of plant foods by unrelated, non-provis...

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Main Authors: Hockings, K, Humle, T, Anderson, JR, Biro, D, Sousa, C, Ohashi, G, Matsuzawa, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007