Placing hand-reared chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) into adult social groups: A technique for facilitating group integration (1998)

Pazol, K., McDonald, S., Baker, K. et al.

Abstract

A successful group integration protocol of two hand-reared, 2 and 2.5 years old chimpanzees into a adult mixed-sex group is described. This study suggests that prior housing with socially experienced adult females can facilitate the integration of hand-reared infants into naturalistic social groups.