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A new study finds chimps use plants

Oxford study suggests chimps use medicinal plants to heal wounds, aid others
A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human medical care and how primates -- such as chimps, orangutans and gorillas -- utilize natural resources as medicine in scores of ways to stay healthy.
Chimpanzees recorded using medicinal plants to treat their wounds
One of the pieces of evidence provided by the research is the footage of a very young female chimpanzee chewing on plants that she later applies to a wound on her mother's body. Just a year ago, a group of scientists confirmed that chimpanzees self-medicate.
New study finds chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds
A new study shows that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat wounds and maintain hygiene, among other things. The study allowed researchers to find new clues about the origins of medical care in humans.
Watch These Chimps Help Their Injured Friends With Medicinal Plants
In a nutshell Wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have been documented treating both their own and others’ injuries using plant-based poultices, saliva, and careful wound care, behaviors strikingly similar to human first aid.
Chimpanzees know which plants to use for healing wounds
Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.
Chimps sometimes care for others’ wounds, and scientists want to know why
There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even ...
Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
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Chimpanzees use medicinal leaves to perform first aid
Social grooming between two chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest. Photograph by Dr Elodie Freymann. Researchers monitoring ...
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Observations in Uganda reveal how chimpanzees care for injuries
Some chimpanzees treated wounds with chewed leaves, while others pressed their fingers to injuries or helped remove snares ...
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Chimpanzees
Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says. The birth of the chimpanzee was in front of astonished visitors, says Chester Zoo. Sharing prams with ...
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Why Wild Animals Don't Need a Vet!
Chimpanzees and their cousins ... But animals in confinement (in zoos, for example) don’t have access to the plants or insects they need to self-medicate, so they often need a vet to treat them ...
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Chimpanzees Filmed 'Using Leaves Like Toilet Paper'
Chimpanzees Filmed 'Using Leaves Like Toilet Paper’. Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed ...