Study shows friendly social behaviors are contagious for chimpanzees

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Nov 20, 2024, 2:00 pm28 pts
Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, Georgia Sandars and colleagues at Durham University, U.K. report in a study published November 20, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

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