Do chimpanzees like alcohol?
In the last common ancestor of modern humans and the three living African ape species a genetic mutation occurred that increased the rate that alcohol was metabolized. This fact initially supports the "drunken monkey hypothesis" which states that natural selection should have favoured ind...
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Main Authors: | Ruth Maria Thomsen, Anja Zschoke |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN ES |
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Universidad de San Buenaventura
2016
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/76e73d2452ad4f798b17b0ddd580258b |
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