Chimps Share Alcoholic Fruit

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Watch boozing chimps share alcoholic fruit. Is this how social drinking started?

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Researchers filmed chimps gorging on fermented fruit in West Africa as part of a new study exploring alcohol consumption in one of our closest living relatives.

The footage is the first evidence that nonhuman great apes consume alcohol together, supporting the idea that social aspects of consuming alcohol are deeply rooted in the ape family tree.

Humans have a history of gathering together to eat, drink and be merry.

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