Why do young female chimps play with dolls?

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Young female chimpanzees engage in play with sticks, mimicking the behavior of playing with dolls, while young male chimpanzees do not exhibit this behavior. This observation highlights significant implications for the nature versus nurture debate in primate behavior. The findings are supported by a Science Daily article published in December 2010, which discusses the social and developmental aspects of this play behavior among chimpanzees.

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Chimp girls play with "dolls"

I'm at my iPhone now, so locating the actual sci article is annoyingly difficult, bit googling "chimps play with dolls" will give the pop sci articles.

Apparently, young female chimps play with sticks like dolls, whereas young male chips do not. Interesting implication in the whole nature/nurture entanglement.
 
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Here's the Science Daily article
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220121109.htm"
 
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