Great Apes Have Midlife Crises Too, Study Finds

Chimpanzees

A study of 336 chimpanzees and 172 orangutans suggests that midlife crises might be driven by biological factors.At middle age, a great ape will neither cheat on a spouse nor buy a red sports car on impulse. But researchers have found that chimpanzees and orangutans experience midlife crises just as surely as do humans.

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