chimpanzee
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One chimpanzee, Yvan, eventually picked up the crystal and deliberately carried it back to the dormitories.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
If you compare the smartest nonhuman animal, the chimpanzee, to what Mr. Lefebvre regards as the smartest bird, the New Caledonian crow, chimps emerge on top.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
There, she became the namesake of the Ai Project, a research programme into the "chimpanzee mind".
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
One chimpanzee with a typewriter could pound out the script for “Primate” in an hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
There are good chimpanzee mothers and bad chimpanzee mothers.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
This carries on until the occasional, inevitable reckoning, when the same chimpanzees all panic and try to sell at the same time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Human beings are chimpanzees, and are therefore pack animals, and the average IQ is 100, meaning half of all people have an IQ lower than 100.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The researchers say the use of touch to build trust and cooperation may date back at least seven million years, before humans, chimpanzees and bonobos split from a common ancestor.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Researchers at Durham University studied chimpanzees and bonobos using physical contact to reassure each other ahead of conflicts over food.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
If a chimpanzee can reach out to help a human, then surely we humans can reach out and try to help the chimpanzees and all the other creatures we live with in the world today.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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