Chimps Seek Natural Booze, Study Finds
A 60-million-year evolutionary analysis shows wild chimpanzees deliberately drink fermented fruit juice, bolstering the “drunken monkey” hypothesis that early primates adapted to low-level alcohol. Researchers say the behavior may illuminate human alcohol-metabolism genes and social bonding.
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