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Chimpanzees reveal 69 socially learned behaviors, nearly doubling known cultural repertoire

  • May 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Chimpanzees reveal 69 socially learned behaviors, nearly doubling known cultural repertoire
Scientists have identified dozens of previously overlooked cultural behaviors in wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the great ape's culture extends far beyond complex skills like tool use. In a single community, they found nearly 70 behaviors that chimpanzees appear to learn from one another—almost doubling previous estimates of cultural behaviors across African chimpanzee populations.

Originally published at Phys.org

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