The article “early material loss has lifelong effects on chimpanzees” writes on the common problem that is being seen in many chimpanzees. Chimpanzees whom were taken from the wild at a young age are experiencing “long term effects of early traumatic experiences” especially in social setting such as the zoo. The author states that THIS caused because of the chimpanzees being taken away from their mothers and natural habitats at an early age causing them to grieve for a very long time some chimpanzees even grieving their entire lives. Jorg Masson of the university of Vienna explains that these symptoms of traumatic social behaviors were only seen in humans until recent chimpanzees began to grieve for the same amount of time.
The scientific claim in this article was that chimpanzees are beginning to show signs of grief and traumatic social behaviors just like humans. The article shows the example of a chimpanzee in a zoo and how …show more content…
The writer kept it simple and short she allowed us to read the facts from the beginning, the example she used when stating the facts of the chimpanzees in the zoo gives the reader a good picture of the chimpanzee might look and feel. The writing was written a way where I was able to read and understand it comfortably. I would have like if the author added more details about the chimpanzees like their age now and the age they were taken away from their mothers. Other details I would have liked to know is how the chimpanzees with the traumatic social behavior acted and treated the other chimpanzees in the same zoo. One last thing the author should have added would be an actual example of a human and a chimpanzee going through similar symptoms and emotions being