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michael14-May-2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicinal</a> leaves to perform first aid Scientists observed chimpanzees in Uganda apparently cleaning and treating their own and others’ wounds <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083030" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083030</a> see also my feature on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfMedicating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfMedicating</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openArchives</a>) <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/animal-health-services.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/animal-health-services.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#behaviour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

Jake in the desert"Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees to send information to each other, with each individual having their own signature style...researchers say they have not only found chimpanzees drum with non-random timing, but that the rhythms differ between subspecies."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/09/chimpanzees-rhythmic-drumming-music-evolutionary-roots" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/09/chimpanzees-rhythmic-drumming-music-evolutionary-roots</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimps</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rhythm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhythm</a>

Cosmic LibrarianChimps got hygiene!Chimpanzees use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study findsResearch looking at hygiene and healthcare habits of the primates finds implications for understanding origin of human healthcare<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hygiene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hygiene</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/chimpanzees-use-leaves-to-wipe-bums-and-clean-up-after-sex-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/chimpanzees-use-leaves-to-wipe-bums-and-clean-up-after-sex-study-finds</a>

AnnaAnthro« Chimpanzees in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uganda</a> have been observed using medicinal plants - in multiple ways - to treat open wounds and other injuries.University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the animals using plants for first aid, both on themselves and occasionally on each other. » <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primatology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#primatology</a> Wild <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> filmed using forest 'first aid' <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj7ln85vxwo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj7ln85vxwo</a>

Radical Anthropology<a href="https://c.im/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Budongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budongo</a> demonstrate Forest First Aid <a href="https://c.im/tags/greatapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greatapes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#primates</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj7ln85vxwo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj7ln85vxwo</a>

Glyn Moody<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study finds - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/chimpanzees-use-leaves-to-wipe-bums-and-clean-up-after-sex-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/chimpanzees-use-leaves-to-wipe-bums-and-clean-up-after-sex-study-finds</a> "Research looking at hygiene and healthcare habits of the primates finds implications for understanding origin of human healthcare"

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#primates</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/drums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drums</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> 'A study co-led by the University of St Andrews has shown that wild chimpanzees drum with rhythm, and that chimpanzee drumming shares some rhythmic properties with human music.The study, published today in Current Biology, also shows that chimpanzee subspecies living on the different sides of Africa drum with different rhythms.'<a href="https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/chimpanzee-drumming-shares-the-building-blocks-of-human-musicality/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/chimpanzee-drumming-shares-the-building-blocks-of-human-musicality/</a>

AndresVersatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion<a href="https://stay.woke.institute/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stay.woke.institute/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq2879" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq2879</a>

Vermont Citizen ScientistChimps got rhythm. Did our musical abilities emerge from these roots? <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/chimpanzee-drumming-may-give-clues-roots-rhythm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/chimpanzee-drumming-may-give-clues-roots-rhythm</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/chimps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimps</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Chimp tribes with different musical genres, fabulous! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a>

Radical AnthropologyVery interesting study on wild <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> looking at how closely mothers stick with infants and how that is affected by level of <a href="https://c.im/tags/gregariousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gregariousness</a>, by mother's rank, and risk of <a href="https://c.im/tags/infanticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infanticide</a> in the community. This compares Budongo vs Tai.<a href="https://c.im/tags/greatapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greatapes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/maternalstrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maternalstrategies</a><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347225000831" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347225000831</a>

Radical Anthropology<a href="https://c.im/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> show a surprising degree of <a href="https://c.im/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> relative to <a href="https://c.im/tags/bonobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bonobos</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y45ylrv0xo.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y45ylrv0xo.amp</a>

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-wild-chimpanzees-pictured-boozy-fruit.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-04-wild-chimpanzees-pictured-boozy-fruit.html</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Chimps are having a party!Are we so different? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/21/wild-chimpanzees-filmed-by-scientists-bonding-over-alcoholic-fruit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/21/wild-chimpanzees-filmed-by-scientists-bonding-over-alcoholic-fruit</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a>

Doug BostromWow the "dross" from this week's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@SkepticalScience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SkepticalScience</a> New Research compilation is extra juicy."Our results suggest that Issa chimpanzees initiated foraging for termites, adjusted the period in which they prepared tools in advance, and inspected termite mounds in association with rainfall trends. Chimpanzee planning and foraging behaviors have implications for hominin decision making, forethought, and seasonal landscape utilization."<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-025-90382-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-025-90382-9</a>

Radical AnthropologyIssa Valley <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tanzania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tanzania</a> check out <a href="https://c.im/tags/termite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#termite</a> mounds, and prepare appropriate <a href="https://c.im/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tools</a> in time for seasonal <a href="https://c.im/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rainfall</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-90382-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-90382-9</a>

Radical AnthropologyThe jury is still out on whether <a href="https://c.im/tags/vocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vocal</a> or <a href="https://c.im/tags/gestural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gestural</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communication</a> was critical in language evolution, considering the faculties of our 6/7 MA common ancestor with <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58784-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58784-5</a>

Palm Oil Detectives<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> 🦍🐵🤎 are directly threatened by <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/palmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palmoil</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/poaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poaching</a> 🏹 42% of their range is great <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/palmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palmoil</a> land 🤮 SAY NO to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deforestation</a> in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> 🇨🇩 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Liberia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberia</a> 🇱🇷 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uganda</a> 🇺🇬 when u <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boycottpalmoil</a> 🌴🩸🚜🔥☠️⛔️<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boycott4Wildlife</a><a href="http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/13/chimpanzee-pan-troglodytes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/13/chimpanzee-pan-troglodytes/</a>

Palm Oil DetectivesInteresting fact: Seed dispersers like <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> in the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> kicked off rainforest growth only 2000 years ago 🦍🙉🩷 Now they face <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinction</a> from <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> WE SAY NO to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DRC</a>! <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boycottpalmoil</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boycott4Wildlife</a><a href="http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/07/03/chimpanzees-once-helped-african-rainforests-recover-from-a-major-collapse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/07/03/chimpanzees-once-helped-african-rainforests-recover-from-a-major-collapse/</a>

Hacker NewsChimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250324142002.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250324142002.htm</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toolmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toolmaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animalbehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animalbehavior</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chimpanzees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chimpanzees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientificresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scientificresearch</a>

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