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chimpanzee

[chim-pan-zee, chim-pan-zee] / ˌtʃɪm pænˈzi, tʃɪmˈpæn zi /






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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

Leah can climb trees like a chimpanzee, when nobody’s even chasing her.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

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

The experts studied chimpanzees and bonobos living at two great ape sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Female common chimpanzees cannot take lessons from their bonobo relatives and stage a feminist revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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