Are humans the only flesh-eating primates?
Yes, several primates feed on flesh, and are in fact known to form hunting parties. For instance, the Primate Info Net reports that while olive baboons mainly feed on fruits and the like, they are capable of “active searching and stalking or chasing of the prey, usually a small antelope, ground-dwelling bird, or other small mammal.” So primates are not only capable of devouring flesh; they are well-adapted to acquiring it through complex methods. Even more along the line is the fact that chimpanzees have been shown to be capable of crafting weapons in order to hunt down other primates! See what Richard W. Byrne reports about chimpanzees hunting galagos (small primates that are colloquially known as “bush babies”): “[…] chimpanzees have been seen making tools in order to hunt. As they report in this issue of Current Biology, Jill Pruetz and Paco Bertolani watched chimpanzees at Fongoli, Senegal, hunting for lesser bushbabies or galagos Galago senegalensis: small, agile and strictly no
