Chimpanzee empire falls apart in rare instance of division and deadly violence

The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two. In a study published in Science, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and other institutions report the first clearly documented permanent fission in wild chimpanzees and the sustained intergroup violence that followed.

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