Why chimpanzees attack and kill each other

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 05:51 in Biology & Nature

Chimpanzees have long been known to kill their neighbours, and now researchers reporting in the June 22 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, think they have a motive. It appears that chimps, and especially small packs of males on patrol, kill one another to gain territory...

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