Dudley co-authored a new paper published in the journal Science Advances reporting the first measurements of the ethanol content of fruits favored by chimps in Ivory Coast and Uganda, finding that the ...
Chimpanzees consume daily alcohol equivalent to two cocktails from ripe fruits, shedding light on human evolutionary ties to ...
While this might not seem like much, chimps eat so much fruit (around 10 percent of their body mass every day!), it ends up ...
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.
As federal government agency NIH cuts demands for research primates, some hope to turn SC’s Monkey Island into coastal ...
A new study seems to further the "drunken monkey" hypothesis that says chimpanzees are drawn to fermented fruits with alcohol ...
Scientists report that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of alcohol daily and suggest the result might help explain humans' ...
Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study.
Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol. Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, ...