Hints From Chimp Culture

In the February 25 Issue:

Hints from chimp culture

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After a juvenile Bossou chimp grooms a dominant male, the adult gives the juvenile access to cracking tools and a stash of Coula nuts. Learned behaviors, such as this exchange, often spread through chimp communities that live close together. Credit: S. Carvalho/Univ. of Cambridge and Primate Research Institute at Kyoto Univ.

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