Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:28 in Biology & Nature

The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now anthropologists report that savanna chimpanzees in Senegal have a near human understanding of wildfires and change their behavior in anticipation of the fire's movement.

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