Fact: Apes with Dolls

Fact: Young chimps play with dolls the same way human children do. Researchers in the Ugandan Kibale National Park witnessed young chimps cradling sticks just the way little girls will care for a baby doll. The chimps appear to learn this from other young who play with sticks since adults were never seen to model the behavior for them. Usually, it was female young who were seen playing with sticks but occasionally males exhibited the behavior as well. However, the researchers noted that the young males were quite a bit less likely to mother the sticks than to fight each other with them. Why doesn't this surprise me?

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67892/description/Female_chimps_play_with_dolls