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Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at origins of human love of alcohol

Chimpanzees consume alcohol from fermenting fruit, suggesting humans' attraction to alcohol evolved from ancestral primates associating fermented fruit's scent with calorie-dense food sources.
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Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory

Chimpanzees regularly consume fermented fruit containing significant alcohol levels, supporting the evolutionary theory that human alcohol attraction originated millions of years ago in great apes.
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Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at origins of human love of alcohol

Chimpanzees consume alcohol from fermenting fruit, suggesting humans' attraction to alcohol evolved from ancestral primates associating fermented fruit's scent with calorie-dense food sources.
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