In a remote corner of Guinea-Bissau’s Cantanhez National Park, wild chimpanzees are engaging in behavior that might feel oddly familiar to humans: sharing alcoholic treats with friends and family. For the first time, researchers have documented wild chimpanzees repeatedly eating and sharing naturally fermented African breadfruit containing measurable amounts of ethanol—what we commonly call alcohol. … Read more
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