Tools to tipple: ethanol ingestion by wild chimpanzees using leaf-sponges
African apes and humans share a genetic mutation that enables them to effectively metabolize ethanol. However, voluntary ethanol consumption in this evolutionary radiation is documented only in modern humans. Here, we report evidence of the long-term and recurrent ingestion of ethanol from the raffi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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Royal Society
2015
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