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"Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees to send information to each other, with each individual having their own signature style.

..researchers say they have not only found chimpanzees drum with non-random timing, but that the rhythms differ between subspecies."

theguardian.com/science/2025/m

The Guardian · Chimps’ rhythmic drumming could shed light on music’s evolutionary rootsVon Nicola Davis
#music#science#biology

Are #chimps having a fruity #booze-up in the wild?
According to a paper, the observational data is the first evidence of the sharing of #alcoholic foods among nonhuman #greatapes in the wild.
The fruit in question is seasonal and comes from Treculia africana trees common across the home environment of the wild chimps in Cantanhez National Park in Guinea-Bissau.
New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

Ars Technica · Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild?Von Jennifer Ouellette

About two dozen former research chimps living on a military base in New Mexico will be moved to a sanctuary in Louisiana. Five years ago, gov’t officials said the chimps were too unhealthy and frail to make the move. But now the situation there has changed the risk/benefit calculation:

npr.org/sections/shots-health-

NPR · Frail chimps headed from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuaryVon Nell Greenfieldboyce

Last night I had the huge privilege of interviewing the great Sylvia Earle about the ocean. She said this, which really stuck with me:

"If Jane Goodall had been limited to studying chimps by hauling individuals out from high above the forest and inspecting what came up, she would have learned almost nothing"

But that's mostly how we study ocean life.

question for #ape experts: i just remembered that i read in some places that #humans were closer relatives to #bonobos than to common #chimps. but looking into it that doesn't seem to be the case. it would also imply that bonobos are closer related to us than to common chimps, unless there we knew there was significant interbreeding of australopithecines and bonobos but not with common chimps 🤔.