Could a bloody conflict between chimpanzees shed light on why humans keep going to war?

Researchers say that while territorial disputes between animal groups are well known, wars within such groups are extremely rare ...

Is war central to human nature? Chimps can’t tell us everything

Outbreaks of violence between chimpanzees have sparked fierce debate online about the origins of war in humans ...
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Humans, chimps, war, and peace

I’ve been “surrounded” by apes and monkeys for several weeks now as I read up on primate behavior as part of a UP course ...

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps turning on itself ...
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Scientists investigate unprecedented chimpanzee conflict in Uganda's Kibale National Park

These chimps used to be friends.
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These Wild Chimps Have Been Fighting in a ‘Civil War’ for Nearly a Decade. It’s the Bloodiest Split Ever Seen Among Their Kind

The Ngogo chimpanzees in Uganda have divided themselves into two main factions, and dozens of deaths have been recorded since the split in 2018. A new study details the unprecedented violence, which c ...

What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart

A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war." ...

Chimping out: A civil war in Uganda between two troops of chimpanzees

If you’re not worried by the war, you’re not paying attention. No, not the war in the Middle East. The war in Africa. The Red ...