In the early '70s, the trio was part of a tight-knit community of wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. These are some of the same chimps that British primatologist Jane Goodall was studying at the time, looking at social and family dynamics. In Gombe, Goodall and her colleagues watched a once-unified group of chimps disintegrate into two rival factions. Primatologist Jane Goodall sits near a window where behind a chimpanzee eats in its enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. "What chimpanzees do as part of dominance competition, male chimpanzees can puff up their hair and make themselves look bigger.

Source: CBC News April 03, 2018 18:11 UTC