Past their prime? Tool use declines with age in wild chimpanzees

Raluca Maniță

New research led by University of Oxford researchers has found that old age likely impacts the habitual tool-use behaviours of some wild chimpanzees – although the extent to which different individuals are affected appears to be highly variable. The findings have been published today in the journal eLife . Wild chimpanzees show reduced participation and performance in their tool-use behaviours as they grow older, according to the long-term video observations used in the new study. This provides

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Past their prime? Tool use declines with age in wild chimpanzees https://www.ox.ac.uk/ - 15.07.2025 13:07