Chimpanzee trend-setters
New study shows that chimps ‘ape’ the prestigious.
New study shows that chimps ‘ape’ the prestigious.
Researchers find that chimpanzees are capable of social learning.
New research suggests that females use copulation calls strategically to prevent competition.
Living Links to Human Evolution Centre established.
Evidence that chimpanzees rely on role models more than children do has been published.
Chimpanzees exaggerate their screams when under attack, according to St Andrews researchers.
Chimpanzee communities can acquire their own local customs and maintain their own 'multiple-tradition cultures', according to researchers at St Andrews.
Female chimpanzees can be as violent as males, shattering the stereotype that males are more aggressive.
* Caption - observational learning by chimpanzees. Each chimpanzee in a chain of up to six learned the method they saw used to open a food box and passed it on to the next chimpanzee. Here a chimpanzee demonstrates the 'lift door' approach. Image by Devyn Carter, Yerkes Center. *