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Chimpanzee Hunting Behavior and Human Evolution

Chimpanzees are efficient predators that use meat as a political and reproductive tool. Are there implications for the evolution of human behavior?

Craig Stanford

Meat-eating by chimpanzees is much more substantial than was previously believed. The social consequences of hunting in chimpanzee society may have implications for the significance of meat in the diet of early human ancestors.


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