US EditionThis Week in Science: Artemis II Returns, a Chimp 'Civil War', And More!
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Chimp 'civil war' linked to death of key community mediators, expert says
Study tracked 20 years of escalating violence in Uganda group, killing 28 chimpanzees, as social breakdown and leadership changes drove factions apart and fueled rare internal aggression, researchers say
Since 1995, scientists have traced a huge group of chimpanzees living in the forests of Uganda. This ongoing research, presented in the 2023 documentary "Chimp Empire", has provided valuable insights about our closest living relatives and, by extension, about our own ancestors. In a line of research, scientists studied the deep ties between the male chimpanzees of the Ngogogo group, which receives its name from a hill in Kibale National Park whe…
In Uganda, there are brutal clashes between herds of chimpanzees.
This Week in Science: Artemis II Returns, a Chimp 'Civil War', And More!
This week in science: the Artemis II crew returns from its historic journey around the Moon; scientists propose a new 'unifying theory' of Alzheimer's disease; primatologists describe a violent 'civil war' among chimpanzees in Uganda; and much more! It's Official: Artemis II Has Carried Humans Farther From Earth Than Ever Before NASA astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth through the main windows of the Orion spacecraft Integrity. (NASA)…
A study investigates why this group of Ngogo chimpanzees has split in an unusual and violent process that has caused 24 deaths among members who had lived together in harmony and broken social and family ties.
Researchers witness rare chimpanzee civil war in Uganda
New research in the journal Science reveals a rare chimpanzee civil war in Kibale National Park. Scientists track the collapse of the Ngogo community in Uganda. KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — Researchers have documented a yearslong conflict between two groups of chimpanzees in Uganda that closely resembles a human civil war. The violence broke out in 2015 among a cohesive community of about 200 chimpanzees in Kibale National Park. After decades …
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