Chimpanzee mother nursing her offspring (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Chimpanzee mother nursing her offspring

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A chimpanzee mother (Xela) nursing her offspring (Xort). Researchers have for the first time identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees.

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© Liran Samuni, Taï Chimpanzee Project

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To be used for reporting on this study by Eléonore Rolland et al. (2025) only.

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