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Whether or not chimpanzees would make good ball players, they do. It’s difficult to look at our nearest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzee, and not see a shadow of ourselves.

When chimpanzees produce a specific sound, known as the “hunting bark”, they recruit more group members to the hunt and capture their prey more effectively, the research suggests.

Similar to humans, chimpanzees use communication to coordinate their cooperative behavior -- such as during hunting. When chimpanzees produce a specific vocalization, known as the 'hunting bark ...

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"While in Senegal for the spring semester, I saw about 13 different hunting bouts. So it really is habitual." Jabbing weapon. Chimpanzees were observed jabbing the spears into hollow trunks or ...

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Chimpanzees are, in fact, part of the Hominidae family, a group that includes gorillas, orangutans, and us humans. This distinction is important. Unlike their primate cousins, the monkeys, chimpanzees ...

To many people’s surprise, hunting and eating meat is a regular part of wild chimpanzee life. Chimps' hunting varies between groups. Group size, other animals present, ...

When chimpanzees produce a specific sound, known as the “hunting bark”, they recruit more group members to the hunt and capture their prey more effectively, the research suggests.

July 29, 2022 at 7:00pm BST. Chimpanzees produce a “hunting bark” to call members of their group and co-ordinate a hunt, new research suggests.