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The study authors propose that metabolizing ethanol may let African apes safely eat the ripe, fermented fruit they find on the ground. This adaptation could free apes from competing with monkeys for unripe fruit in trees, as well as spare them the risk of climbing and possibly falling out of trees.
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Catherine Hobaiter/University of St Andrews
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