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December 1

chimpanzees goes to war

I read once, I mean in de Waal, that a group of chimpanzees takes over a territory by killing one male of the other group after the other in the superior number. Does anyone know of any technical articles from behavioral research on this? 2A02:908:424:9D60:50B7:7FD9:2D61:8EF (talk) 08:02, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you clarify please: are you asking for sources about how chimp cadres in territorial disputes will be most likely to attack isolated members of the other group? This is certainly a well-observed phenomena, and if that is what you are after, I can oblige, but before I go gathering links and references together, I'd like to make sure I have understood you correctly. SnowRise ^{let's rap} 09:54, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide me a Source for the "This is certainly a well-observed phenomena"? Thank in Advance 2A02:908:424:9D60:50B7:7FD9:2D61:8EF (talk) 16:35, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Any source that uses "phenomena" as a singular noun is hardly reliable. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:42, 1 December 2022 (UTC) [reply]

A pointer: "Intercommunity interactions and killings in central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) from Loango National Park, Gabon". This article is open access and has a long list of references. --Lambiam 10:20, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Intergroup Relations in Chimpanzees (2003) Michael L. Wilson and Richard W. Wrangham. Wilson seems to be a leader in this field, his work is quoted in a number of popular science articles like this and this. Alansplodge (talk) 12:41, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]