Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants 🌿, providing medical aid to other chimps 🐒 and even removing others from snares left by human hunters 🪤. The behaviors provide new clues about the origin of medical care in humans 🏥.
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Nbcnews
Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds
A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use leaves for a hygienic scrub.
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Wild chimpanzees consume the equivalent of 2 cocktails 🍹🍹 a day in the form of boozy fruit 🍏🍇, research finds.
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CBS News
Wild chimpanzees consume the equivalent of 2 cocktails a day in the form of boozy fruit, research finds
A new study on chimpanzees in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire supports a theory that humans may have inherited a taste for alcohol from primate ancestors.
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