Our drunk ancestors? ft. Aleksey Maro's research - The Wild Bits Show February 22, 2026

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Are human drinking habits an evolutionary hangover? In this episode of The Wild Bits Show, we sit down with evolutionary biology researcher Aleksey Maro from UC Berkeley to unpack the fascinating "Drunken Monkey Hypothesis". Discover how wild chimpanzees consume fermenting fruits and what their diets reveal about the origins of our own alcohol metabolism.

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Timestamps (Courtesy @UpamanyuDas )
0:00 Chapters
0:08 Introduction
2:14 Malawi’s solar boom is leaving a toxic legacy of lead waste
13:21 Seven years after Brazil’s worst dam disaster, mining operations bounce back
24:58 New dinosaur species discovered in Sahara desert: ‘Hell Heron’ ruled Africa 95 million years ago
42:28 Gotta watch ‘em all? Pokémon-style app for birdwatching launches
48:18 Gentoo penguins the first birds on Australian territory to contract H5N1 as bird flu spreads
55:00 Chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Now only two are left.
1:05:50 Guest Interview - Aleksey Maro talks about his research on the "Drunken monkey" hypothesis
2:02:45 Guest Interview (Debrief)
2:04:48 Outro

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