# drunken monkey hypothesis

> theory that human attraction to ethanol derives from dependence of the primate ancestors of Homo sapiens on ripe and fermenting fruit as a dominant food source

**Wikidata**: [Q5309355](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5309355)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_monkey_hypothesis)  
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