US EditionChimpanzees consume 'two alcoholic drinks a day', study says
Researchers found wild chimpanzees ingest about 14 grams of ethanol daily from fermented fruits, equivalent to nearly two human alcoholic drinks adjusted for body size.
- Wild chimpanzees in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire consume roughly two alcoholic drinks' worth of overripe, fermented fruit daily, according to a study published in Science Advances.
- Researchers concluded that alcohol is a regular part of chimps' diets and may connect to human alcohol consumption habits, according to Professor Robert Dudley.
- Chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of ethanol per day, which is equivalent to one standard American drink for a human, as stated by UC Berkeley graduate student Aleksey Maro.
- Though the chimps consume a significant amount of alcohol, they do not experience intoxication.
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Chimpanzees can ingest the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink a day because of the ethanol in the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior in our closest living relatives could help explain alcohol consumption in humans, the report's authors suggest. Research indicating that chimpanzees also consume alcohol has long circulated in the scientific community, but this study, published Wednesday i…
Wild Chimps Consume the Equivalent of 2 Drinks a Day
In the forests of Africa, wild chimpanzees are buzzing —unwittingly sipping the equivalent of two cocktails a day, according to new research. Scientists from UC Berkeley and other institutions spent three field seasons in Uganda and Cote d'Ivoire gathering and testing fruit regularly consumed by wild chimps to measure their...
Wild chimpanzees eat several kilograms of ripe fruit every day. As a result, they absorb not a little alcohol - an average of about 14 grams of alcohol daily, comparable to today's common drinking patterns in humans. Researchers suspect that the human tendency to alcohol therefore originates.
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By Issy Ronald, CNN 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. Understanding this behavior of our closest living relatives could help explain humans’ consumption of alcohol, the report authors suggest. Research indicating that chimpanzees also consume alcohol has long circulated around the scientific community, but this study, publi…
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