What defines successful integration into a social group for hand-reared chimpanzee infants?

Hand-rearing of captive great ape infants is sometimes necessary but can have negative behavioral consequences. Modern hand-rearing protocols, including early integration into a diverse group of conspecifics, appear to reduce the negative consequences of hand-rear-ing, but the process of integration is not well studied. We investigated six potential metrics of success during the introduction of […]