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This isn't really news. I remember seeing an article about chimps hunting bushbabies with spears at least five years ago.
by tsotha 12y ago
This isn't really news. I remember seeing an article about chimps hunting bushbabies with spears at least five years ago.
- dalke 12y agoEg, from 2007: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11234-spearwielding-chimps-snack-on-skewered-bushbabies.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11234-spearwielding-ch...
- tsotha 12y agoGah. Time keeps speeding up as I get older.
- jonlucc 12y agoI think what's happening is that the news is reported to be that chimps make and use tools to hunt, when in fact, the new data seems to be about female chimps being much more likely to make and use spears than males.
- iamcurious 12y agoThat isn't new either. From dalke's reference: Intriguingly, the behaviour is mostly confined to females and immature chimps.
- jonlucc 12y agoThis isn't my field, but as far as I can tell, they've done a more systematic study of which chimps are making the spears to confirm the previous observation that it was often females.