Chimpanzees Recorded Waging 'Civil War' in Ugandan Park
A new study describes a long-running conflict between chimpanzee groups in Uganda's Kibale National Park, which researchers are calling a 'civil war' and the bloodiest on record. The conflict, observed since 2015, may offer insights into the origins of human warfare.
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These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.
A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.
By Carl Zimmer
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New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other members of the chimpanzees’ wider group moved closer through the forest, the chimpanzees in front of him began to display nervous behaviour. They grimaced and touched each other for reassuranc...
By Gloria Dickie
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