
Jun 1, 2026
✦India Today
Humans learnt the art of maintaining friend circles from chimpanzees
Guess what? We might have learned how to keep friends from chimps! Scientists found that chimps and bonobos have social circles just like us, with close pals and wider acquaintances. A study showed they groom each other in a way that mirrors our own friendship patterns. It's like they said, "we build layered social networks."