Brand new Formula 1 cars roll out on track for the first time every year for winter testing. As onlookers attempt to gauge the field's pecking order at the start of the season, the teams fit their ...

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In 2014, University of California, Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley wrote a book called The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol. His controversial "drunken monkey hypothesis" proposed that ...

BBC Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox is to take on the equivalent of five marathons in five days to raise money for Children In Need. Sara’s Great Northern Marathon Challenge will involve Cox covering 135 ...

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Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study. Understanding this behavior of our closest ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found chimpanzees eating fermented fruit in their native habitats consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks per day.

Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...

In the forests of Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire, chimps crowd into fig and plum trees, feasting on fruit that's sweet, soft and just a little boozy. A new study shows those daily snacks quietly add up to ...

Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit. Male chimpanzees at the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire are shown eating. A new study ...

The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two ...

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