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A chimpanzee 'civil war' erupted in Uganda. Scientists aren't sure why
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The largest known community of wild chimpanzees in the world, living in Kibale National Park, Uganda, was divided and began to have actions of deadly violence among themselves, according to an article published in Science magazine.
These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record and No One Knows Why
Carl Zimmer at the New York Times: On Thursday, a group of researchers reported that the Ugandan chimps are locked in a primate version of civil war. Two factions split about a decade ago and have been engaged in a highly lethal conflict ever since. Scientists have never seen such widespread, long-running bloodshed among chimpanzees. Further studies may shed light on the roots of warfare in our own species, although the Trump administration’s pr…
How does a stable community fall apart? How does it happen that once close community members turn against each other? Scientists are for the first time in
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