Among chimpanzees, thrill-seeking peaks in toddlerhood

Hovering parents block human toddlers from possibly behaving as recklessly as chimpanzee ones

A 4-year-old chimpanzee, a member of Uganda’s Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, free falls in the forest canopy. Such thrill-seeking behaviors tend to peak during the teen years in humans but during toddlerhood in chimps.

Laura MacLatchy/University of Michigan

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