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Chimpanzee, First Aid

Watch: Chimpanzees Administer First Aid To Each Other Using Plants
The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
Oxford study suggests chimps use medicinal plants to heal wounds, aid others
New research sheds light on how chimpanzees self-medicate wounds with plants and provide aid to other chimps. A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human medical care and how primates -- such as chimps,
Chimpanzees recorded using medicinal plants to treat their wounds
One of the pieces of evidence provided by the research is the footage of a very young female chimpanzee chewing on plants that she later applies to a wound on her mother's body. Just a year ago, a group of scientists confirmed that chimpanzees self-medicate.
Chimpanzees Perform First Aid on Each Other, Study Finds, and It May Shed Light on the Evolution of Human Health Care
Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare
A new study finds chimps use plants as medicine for wounds and for hygiene
A new study finds chimpanzees will chew plants and apply makeshift medicine to wounds, and use leaves for hygienic scrubs.
Chimpanzees know which plants to use for healing wounds
Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.
Watch These Chimps Help Their Injured Friends With Medicinal Plants
In a nutshell Wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have been documented treating both their own and others’ injuries using plant-based poultices, saliva, and careful wound care, behaviors strikingly similar to human first aid.
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Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds
Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical ... suggests other animal species might self-medicate, with varying levels of sophistication.
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Chimps sometimes care for others’ wounds, and scientists want to know why
Primatologist Elodie Freymann arrived in Uganda’s Budongo Forest in 2021 to observe the chimpanzees there and learn more about their ability to self-medicate with healing plants. But as she ...
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Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed ... on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. The scientists also compiled decades of scientific ...