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Infant corpse carrying is widely observed in chimpanzees and bonobos, yet its underlying mechanisms remain debated. Analysing 83 published cases across multiple sites using Bayesian mixed-effects models, we found strong support that infant corpse carrying duration varies with cause of death, infant age at death and site-level interbirth intervals. A less robust association of temperature with carrying duration was also identified. These results suggest that variation in infant corpse carrying duration is parsimoniously accounted for by the persistence of maternal behavioural systems being modulated by social carrying risk, dyadic bond strength, life-history context and decomposition rates. Crucially, none of the patterns observed in infant corpse carrying duration necessitate mothers recognizing death as an irreversible biological state, though they do not necessarily preclude such recognition. 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