Yes, Chimps have been known to eat some meat. It is not a regular part
of their diet. It is mostly cultural. Just like most human cannibalism.

Our digestive system is most similar to the frugarious baboon.

Laurie wrote:

> <dh@.> wrote in message ...
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> laurie> -Some- chimps eat flesh, not meat, -some- times, and the
> laurie> practice is clearly a cultural, not a nutritional, one,
> laurie> because sexual favors are traded for flesh, just
> laurie> like in human dating.
> laurie> www.ecologos.org/chimphunt.htm
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>>"An important issue today in human male-female relationships is
>>control," Stanford said. "What we're seeing is the evolutionary
>>roots of this kind of mutual attempt to manipulate and control.
>>Male chimps are using meat to control female behavior and
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> > female chimps are making use of their reproductive system
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>>to get meat."
>>[...]
>>http://www.usc.edu/ext-relations/new...tml/chimp.html
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> Thanks for supporting what I said; are you developing a new respect for
> facts and honesty? If so, I encourage it strongly.
>
> Laurie
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