In this account, communication in wild chimpanzees will be discussed first, followed by a discussion of what language studies in captivity have helped us to understand about these animals.Ĭhimpanzees communicate with a wide variety of gestures, postures, and facial expressions.
Chimpanzees in captivity have been involved in a number of experiments designed to show how their minds work with regard to signs, signals, and speech. 2001)."Ĭommunication in this highly social species is an area of great interest to human researchers. Similarly, the maximum longevity in the wild belongs to one 55 year-old female, though there are unverified reports suggesting a longer lifespan (Hill et al. Therefore, although the issue is controversial, the established maximum longevity of chimpanzees remains the 59.4 years that a female called "Gamma" was when she died in 1992 at Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta (Hakeem et al. In spite of these claims, chimpanzees in captivity have not been confirmed to live for more than 60 years (Richard Weigl 2005). Another specimen, called "Gregoire", reportedly died at the age of 66 in Congo after living most of his life in Brazzaville Zoo. One wild-born female called "Little Mama" was estimated to be over 70 years of age at Lion Country Safari in Florida (). "Cheeta", a male chimpanzee who participated in some Tarzan movies, has been reported to be 75 years of age and still alive, though these claims have not been verified and might well be overestimated (). The MRDT and IMR were estimated based on mortality rates obtained from field sites (de Magalhaes 2006).+p Determining the maximum longevity of chimpanzees is problematic due to the many anecdotal reports. Therefore, while it is not known whether the pace of ageing is different between chimpanzees and humans, the onset of ageing appears to occur at earlier ages in chimpanzees. Even in captivity, young adult chimpanzees have considerably higher mortality rates than humans (Hill et al. Observations: Physiological observations indicate that chimpanzees develop age-related changes typical of humans at considerably earlier ages, and geriatric chimpanzees were originally defined as animals with 34 years of age and older (). "Maximum longevity: 59.4 years (captivity)
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