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  • Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats

    Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats

    We know chimpanzees as intelligent, emotional creatures that make and use tools, grieve for their dead, and pass down traditions between generations. But less well-known is that different communities of chimps have unique cultures—and that behavioural diversity that is shrinking, according to a new, 10-year study of chimpanzee groups in Africa.