Great apes have midlife crises too, study finds
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 23:00
in Biology & Nature
A study of 336 chimpanzees and 172 orangutans suggests that midlife crises might be driven by biological factors.At middle age, a great ape will neither cheat on a spouse nor buy a red sports car on impulse. But researchers have found that chimpanzees and orangutans experience midlife crises just as surely as do humans.