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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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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