ScienceMar 3, 2026Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)The article explores new scientific findings suggesting that the human attraction to alcohol may have evolutionary roots shared with our primate relatives. Researche...AlcoholChimpanzeesAddiction
ScienceMar 9, 2026Study finds wild chimpanzees in Uganda consume ethanol from fermented African star apples, suggesting evolutionary links to human alcohol useResearchers led by Aleksey Maro collected urine from wild chimpanzees in a Ugandan forest over 11 days to test whether the animals metabolized ethanol from fermented...AlcoholChimpanzeesDrunken monkey hypothesis