Sentences with phrase «rank than the chimp»
However, Dr Newton - Fisher's findings suggest that if another chimpanzee with a higher rank than the chimp being groomed is nearby, the grooming chimp will stop far sooner than if not.
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They modeled the behavior of the high - status chimp up to nine times more frequently than the low - ranking one.
However, this latest research focused on a group with a more defined social hierarchy, so it was the rank of the nearby chimps that was of more concern to those grooming, rather than the number of others nearby.
This echoes prior research by Dr Newton - Fisher which found that if a larger number of other chimpanzees are nearby then, regardless of rank, the grooming chimp would usually stop grooming sooner than if there were no other chimps nearby, or a small number.