Scientists say that the phenomenon could one day help researchers understand alcohol abuse in humans A new study has found that chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about two alcoholic beverages ...

A study published in the journal Biology Letters has provided the strongest physiological evidence yet that wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) regularly consume alcohol as part of their natural diet.

The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two ...

Human cravings for booze may have deep evolutionary roots, a new study has shown. The study, published in Science Advances, involved observing the eating behaviors of chimpanzees—”our closest living ...

A chimpanzee eating figs at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2018. (Aleksey Maro/UC Berkeley) (CN) — By eating fermented fruit, wild chimpanzees may be regularly consuming the equivalent of ...

A chimpanzee eating figs at Ngogo in Uganda's Kibale National Park in 2018. UC Berkeley biologists measured the ethanol content of many types of fruit that chimps routinely consume and found that they ...

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One of the study's authors notes this may be a "conservative" estimate Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

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A new study has found that chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about two alcoholic beverages a day through fermented fruit. The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Science ...