Prof. Koops featured on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks

An adult male chimpanzee in the Nimba Mountains (Guinea). Photo credit: Dr. Kathelijne Koops

Prof. Kathelijne Koops was interviewed about her recent publication in Nature Human Behaviour for CBC’s Quirks & Quarks radio program by Bob McDonald.

Chimpanzees and humans have a lot in common — which isn’t too surprising, given that chimps are our closest cousins in the animal kingdom. They’re intelligent and highly social, and they’re good with tools, too. Now, Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group researchers have found that we have something else in common: Chimps, like us, are social learners, which means passing on knowledge is a group effort.