Ngogo males grooming. Image credit: John Mitani
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Man’s nearest relatives kill each other in order to eliminate rivals and gain better access to territory, mates, food or other resources—not because human activities have made them more aggressive.
That is the conclusion of an international analysis of lethal aggression among different groups of chimpanzees in Africa studied over five decades. The research appears in the current issue of Nature.
“Observations that chimpanzees…
