The researchers say that the apparent similarity between human children and young chimpanzees in the observed male bias in object manipulation, and manipulation during play in particular, may suggest that object play functions as motor skill practice for male - specific behaviours such as dominance displays, which sometimes involve the aimed throwing of objects, rather than purely to develop tool use skills. (sciencedaily.com)
A professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Maryland, he has been engaged for more than a decade in a wide - ranging intellectual pursuit that has taken him from the play of young chimpanzees to the history of American sitcoms — all in search of a scientific understanding of that most unscientific of human customs: laughter. (discovermagazine.com)
Among young chimpanzees who have been taught sign language, tickling is a frequent topic of conversation. (discovermagazine.com)