Bonobos get their iodine from swampy plants, and ancient humans might have as well, suggests a new study, which found that bonobos wade through swamps searching for rushes and lilies which contain nearly as much iodine as seaweed, and may be how early hominins in central Africa got enough iodine.

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Bonobos get their iodine from swampy plants, and ancient humans might have as well, suggests a new study, which found that bonobos wade through swamps searching for rushes and lilies which contain nearly as much iodine as seaweed, and may be how early hominins in central Africa got enough iodine.