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Scrumped fruit key to chimpanzee life and a major force of human evolution.

New research examines the crucial, but until now, overlooked, role of ‘scrumped’ fruit in the lives of great apes and the origins of human feasting. 

Date
31 July 2025
Category
University news

How “great” an ape are you?

Online test reveals if humans instinctively understand our closest relatives

Date
20 July 2017
Category
Research

We Are Family

Social bonds are crucial for adoption in wild chimpanzees

Date
5 August 2014
Category
Research

All in hand

Researchers work out what chimp gestures mean

Date
4 July 2014
Category
Research

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