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#781 R. Brian Ferguson - Chimpanzees, War, and History: Are Men Born to Kill?

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The Gombe Paradigm: Normal Behavior

Mahalay is another research site, run mainly by Nishida. It was some hundred and some mile south of Gombe along the lake shore. Mahalay seemed to be from another place, but the same thing happened. These groups were provisioned with bananas as at Gombe. Over time, it was inferred that M Group killed off the adult males of K Group and took their territory and their females. And so the verdict was in. This is normal behavior. The researchers weren't there for 12 months. Although I think the final goes up to 1983 or something like that.

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