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Tippling Chimps Caught in the Act
Bob Grant | Jun 10, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers in Africa observe chimpanzees stealing palm wine from villagers’ cups and imbibing the beverage.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Jun 1, 2015 | 3 min read
How to Clone a Mammoth, The Upright Thinkers, The Thirteenth Step, and Humankind
Falling Out of the Family Tree
Jef Akst | Mar 1, 2015 | 3 min read
A mutation in an ethanol-metabolizing enzyme arose around the time that arboreal primates shifted to a more terrestrial lifestyle, perhaps as an adaptation to eating fermented fruit.
Drunk Monkeys
Jef Akst | Feb 28, 2015 | 1 min read
UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley explains his "drunken monkey" hypothesis for how humans developed a taste for alcohol.
Drunks and Monkeys
Robert Dudley | Jun 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Understanding our primate ancestors’ relationship with alcohol can inform its use by modern humans.
Book Excerpt from The Drunken Monkey
Robert Dudley | May 31, 2014 | 4 min read
In Chapter 3, "On the Inebriation of Elephants," author Robert Dudley considers whether tales of tipsy pachyderms and bombed baboons have any basis in scientific truth.