Future of the Environment

A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans

Chimpanzees are seen at Africano animals park, along the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Egypt June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1A92FF2850

No species has garnered more discussion on the presence, importance, and evolution of culture than chimpanzees. Image: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Lydia Luncz
Research Fellow, Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, , University of Oxford
Fiona Stewart
Visiting Lecturer in Primatology, , Liverpool John Moores University
Alexander Piel
Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, , Liverpool John Moores University
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