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20 hours ago

Chimpanzees drink the equivalent of two or three beers a day, study says

Chimpanzees regularly ingest alcohol from fermented fruit, consuming daily amounts comparable to two or three human beers, supporting an evolutionary basis for alcohol attraction.
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1 day ago

Berkeley scientists find more evidence for 'drunken monkey' hypothesis

The new findings published Wednesday in Science Advances support the "drunken monkey" hypothesis, the idea that humans got our taste for alcohol from our primate ancestors. Now, the same UC Berkeley biologist who developed that theory has revealed in this new study just how much ethanol - the intoxicating ingredient in our cocktails - chimps might consume.
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1 day ago

Chimpanzee Consumption of Boozy Fruit May Illuminate Roots of Humanity's Love of Alcohol

Wild chimpanzees ingest ethanol from ripe fruits equivalent to a couple of adult alcoholic beverages daily, indicating ancestral dietary exposure to alcohol.
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