Sentences with phrase «social than chimps»

Orangutans» new status as cultural animals was unexpected because typically they are less social than chimps and so, researchers believed, they would have fewer chances to learn from one another.

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The fact that chimps reared in isolation seemed incapable of self - recognition indicates that it is social experience rather than language which is one basis of public self - consciousness (SRCM 118).

New work on primates bolsters the idea that diet — rather than social complexity — was key to evolution of our big brains, says chimp expert Richard Wrangham

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.