Among chimpanzees, thrill-seeking peaks in toddlerhood

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The toddlers are the bruises of the chimpanzee world. Chimpanzees aged 2 to 5 are more likely than older chimpanzees to fall freely from the branches of the trees into the forest canopy or to jump wildly from branch to branch, report researchers on January 7th. iScience. Past the age of 5 [...]

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Among adolescents, risk-taking often worries parents, teachers and health professionals. Road accidents, dangerous behaviour, impulsive behaviour: this period of life seems to be marked by a particular attraction for danger. But is this trend really related to puberty, or something else? To see more clearly, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University has observed for years the behavior of wild chimpanzees …