Chimpanzees from the Western group attacking members of the Central group in 2019. Aaron Sandel Since 1995, scientists have kept a watchful eye on the Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale National ...
The first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties can fracture a group, igniting deadly conflict between former friends.
In the mid-1970s, primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that changed her opinion of chimpanzees forever: A four-year conflict amongst the... Why a chimp 'civil war' shows how societies ...
Instead, the study found the opposite. In larger groups, chimpanzees appeared more willing to restrain themselves, perhaps because outright fighting would be costly and disruptive when many ...
The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda's Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in the world. Over the last decade, it has split into two distinct groups that are ...
In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, the late and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that horrified her. The ...