Study: Female chimps that don’t leave their birth groups can still avoid inbreeding

Mongabay
Jun 20, 2024, 1:34 am402 pts
Puberty comes with its challenges for Homo sapiens, but for female chimpanzees it presents a particular quandary: how to avoid mating with your male kin. It’s not easy, especially on home turf. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) embrace promiscuous mating; during sexual swellings, female chimpanzees mate with…

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