Many thanks to Bora and Scicurious (this year's guest editor) for selecting my piece. They should be announcing all the entries later today.
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Female chimpanzee with her infant requests meat after a successful hunt.
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Congratulations. I´m very happy about that. I own now Richard Dawkins´book about evolution proofs.
Congratulations Eric! I am new to your blog but I am already thoroughly enjoying it It is a superb post. The story has interesting ramifications, as the usual hypothesis of high sperm competition in chimps would be debunked if conception happens mainly during consortships. As data accumulates on chimp behaviour and subsequently genetic testing of offspring the story will get more and more interesting. By the way, that chimp in today's post, has a great set of teeth, do you have a name for him/her?