Developmental changes in feeding behaviors of infant chimpanzees at Mahale, Tanzania: Implications for nutritional independence long before cessation of nipple contact.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23212
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Weaning of chimpanzees is considered to occur at 4-5-years-old with complete cessation of nipple contact and timing of reconception calculated by inter-birth interval minus gestation length. This is also the basis of "early weaning"… read more here.
Keywords: nutritional independence; years old; infant chimpanzees; cessation nipple ... See more keywords