US EditionStudy: Ongoing Conflict Spurs Rare Community Split in Chimps
Researchers say the split followed years of social fractures and has left at least 28 chimpanzees dead.
- The largest known group of wild chimpanzees has been in a brutal conflict for eight years, according to researchers.
- Since 2018, scientists recorded 24 killings, including 17 infants from the Central chimpanzees' group.
- Members of the Western group began attacking the Central chimpanzees after the split in 2018.
- Lead author Aaron Sandel noted that these chimps, once close, are now trying to kill each other.
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In chimpanzees, violence escalates after a division of the group: 24 attacks require at least 7 males and 17 juveniles.
The study provides additional information on how conflicts can arise in the most primitive communities.
Violent split in chimpanzee group offers clues on roots of human conflict: Research
Researchers have documented a permanent split between the largest-known group of wild chimpanzees, which erupted into a lethal civil war over the past several years — findings that could help scientists better understand the roots of human conflict. The study, published Thursday in the Science journal, traced 30 years of chimp behavior in Kibale…
The largest known community of wild chimpanzees, with some 200 members, lives in Kibale National Park, Uganda, where researchers who have observed them for 30 years have been able to witness an exceptional phenomenon: the division of the group and the establishment of deadly violence.The dynamics of events, their possible causes and implications are described in a study led by the University of Texas at Austin that publishes Science magazine.In …
An unprecedented lethal conflict divided the largest group of registered wild chimpanzees into two.The incident occurred in a tropical jungle in western Uganda.The investigation documented the case after three decades of observation.The study was published on Thursday, April 9, in Science magazine.The Ngogo group, of the species Pan troglodytes, inhabited the Kibale National Park.For two decades it showed a cohesive social dynamic.However, in th…
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