How wild chimpanzees get their daily alcohol buzz from fermented fruit: Study
Chimpanzees in Uganda's forests regularly consume fermented fruits, ingesting the equivalent of one to two human alcoholic drinks daily without showing signs of intoxication. This behavior supports the drunken monkey hypothesis, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have evolutionary roots. Researchers found that chimps consume about 4.5 kilograms of fruit daily with an ethanol content of 0.31 to 0.
Chimpanzees in Uganda's forests regularly consume fermented fruits, ingesting the equivalent of one to two human alcoholic drinks daily without showing signs of intoxication. This behavior supports the drunken monkey hypothesis, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have evolutionary roots. Researchers found that chimps consume about 4.5 kilograms of fruit daily with an ethanol content of 0.31 to 0.
