Anthropology

             To present all of the behaviors of chimpanzees in one paper is virtually
             impossible. So, I am going to attempt to present only certain major behaviors such as
             hunting and gathering to sharing and caring in the following paragraphs.
             There are many interesting subtleties to the chimpanzee that the average
             person does not know about. It was first believed that the chimpanzee was a vegetarian.
             But, after many years of trivial research, it was clear that meat is and was a natural part
             of this animal's diet. Now, of course comes that part on how the chimpanzee gets that
             Although chimpanzees can and do hunt alone, they often form larger
             hunting parties consisting of more than ten adult males, plus females and juveniles.
             Chimpanzees also go on "hunting binges" in which they kill a large number of monkeys
             and other animals over a period of several weeks or days. The reason for this is
             mysterious, but one mean is maybe to make political bonds and gain access to
             One observation that has been made is the tendency of chimpanzees to
             hunt in groups. Since these animals live in a fission-fusion society, where there is very
             little cohesion in the group, (beyond the young and their mothers), the size of a hunting
             party is related to the success of a hunt. A lone chimpanzee may only capture an animal
             thirty percent of the time, whereas a party of ten or more is successful nearly very time.
             however, chimpanzees do not join hunting parties expecting to increase their intake of
             Looking at the social aspects of chimpanzee societies to understand their
             hunting patterns comes from the observation that males for most of the hunting. Adult
             and adolescent males make over ninety percent of the kills. Although females
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