GitVibes daily briefing · 2026-09-27 · human
What chimpanzees at war have taught me about being human
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Perspective
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Source summary
Seeing a deadly ‘civil war’ unfold among chimpanzees has been a painful experience for John Mitani. His decades of watching wild great apes now evoke his family’s experience with xenophobia. But to him, the war highlights what makes humans unique: not our conflicts, but our unparalleled capacity for tolerance and cooperation.
Original reporting: Nature Human Behaviour · Published 2026-09-21