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Archive Home > 2010 > December > 24 > Female chimps carry sticks, much like dolls

Female chimps carry sticks, much like dolls

By Amina Khan / The Bulletin
December 24, 2010

LOS ANGELES — Young female chimps carry sticks as a form of “play-mothering,” much in the same way girls cradle their dolls, scientists said Monday.

The findings, published online in the journal Current Biology, imply that gender roles might be more biologically rooted than some people think,....

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