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The ‘Drunken Monkey hypothesis’ of what is behind the human love of alcohol consumption had its fair share of doubters. Now a recent monkey study is backing up the idea.
A new study from California State University, Northridge, adds to the evidence that the "drunken monkey" hypothesis may indeed be correct.
Monkeys seek out and eat fruit that is ripe enough to have fermented. This sheds light on the theory that the human inclination to drink alcohol may have its roots in our ancient ancestors’ affinity to consume fermenting but nutritious fruit.
For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote a book proposing that our attraction to
Biologists from UC Berkeley collected fruit that had been eaten and discarded by black-handed spider monkeys in Panama, as well as taking urine samples.