The chimpanzee approached the corpse of his son, had selected a stalk of grass and began to carefully remove debris from between theirteeth. Researchers said that this behavior could shed light on the evolution of the rites practiced by human beings. The life of the female chimpanzee, Noel, in Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia.Scientists previously had noted their adoption Thomas, a male'snine-year-old, who also lived in the orphanage.
' Noel, a female chimpanzee born in the wild live in Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia, attended the body of Thomas, a nineyear old male that she adopted when her mother died four years before,' the scientists of the University of St Andrews, said in a researchpaper. 'At the time of the recorded observations, Noel was 33 years of age.' she was brought to Chimfunshi when he was 14 years old, after spending most of his life in a private house in former Zaire.' scientists, said Thomas had most likely died from a combination of viral andbacterial lung infection. The researchers said: ' Noel Thomas approached to ' body, sat near his head, turned her upper body sideways to select a hard piece of grass, put grass in his mouth and opened the mouth of Thomas with both of his hands. ' Then she wrapped her fingers around the Thomas Chin and jaw and used her fingers to explore its teeth. 'After three seconds, it took the grass out of his mouth withhis right hand, while holding grip focused on Thomas's mouth with his left hand and began to meticulously put grass in the dental area where it had been their thumbs'. During this time, Noel kept her facewithin four inches (10 centimeters) of the face of Thomas', never diverting his gaze from his mouth, investigators said. She continued to clean the teeth Thomas even after others in his group had left to find food. 'The report is important because it points out once again that the human species is not the only one capable of compassion,' Edwin van Leeuwen, senior author of the study, told New Scientist. The researchers said that Noel actions suggest that chimpanzees deal corpsesof family members with respect in a way similar to humans. ' This is one comment interesting and notable, another case of chimpanzees displaying unusual behavior in the presence of deceased members, group 'said Professor Klaus Zuberbuehler, also at St Andrews, who was not involved in the study.' we have seen similar behaviour in our wildgroup of chimps in the Budongo, Uganda forest, where people prepared a female adult, who had just died , for an extended period of time.' Researchers have previously seen chimpanzees cleaning and evenremoval of other teeth during social bonding behavior. Tooth cleaning is thought to be a sign of a close relationship between two chimpanzees. But behavior may also indicate that chimpanzees are intriguedabout the concept of death. The researchers believe that the behavior could help understand mortuary practices as evolved human.
'Death responses represented characteristics of the human civilization, with great diversity in mortuary rituals found across cultures,' said.'in general, animals critically depending on the life of the group, as human beings and chimpanzees, in response to the death can be a means to reorganize the social unity, especially when die called "brokers":people who play an important role in maintaining the cohesion of the group by subgroups. connecting ' but scientists also They warned that it is difficult to draw significant conclusions from an isolated incident. ' Perhaps this social behavior is a manifestation of human mourning - how, perhaps chimpanzees are only challenged by the fact thata member of the Group has suddenly completely still,' said ProfessorZuberbuehler.
CHIMPANZEES MOURNING RITUAL
Noel lives in Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia.
The chimpanzee approached the corpse of his adopted son Thomas,had selected a stalk of grass and began to carefully remove debris from between their teeth. During this time, Noel kept her face within four inches (10 centimeters) of the face of Thomas', never diverting his gaze from his mouth, investigators said. She continued to clean theteeth Thomas even after others in his group had left to find food. The researchers said that Noel actions suggest that chimpanzees deal corpses of family members with respect in a way similar to humans.
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