Chimpanzees show the first non-human trend

By Rose Powell
Updated August 23 2014 - 10:09am, first published July 1 2014 - 8:40am
Julie, the trend-setting chimp. Photo: Animal Cognition
Julie, the trend-setting chimp. Photo: Animal Cognition

Just in time for this year's primate-starring film event, the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, comes news from Zambia that chimpanzees may have taken another evolutionary step forwards. Or at least one that makes them even more similar to us.