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
In 2022, the zoo welcomed one of the most genetically valuable chimpanzee males in North America, Pu’iwa, from Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
I received later a picture postcard, the picture in vivid colors being of a chimpanzee at the Monkey Jungle in Miami.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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
One of the most surprising findings was that chimpanzees, despite their reputation for aggression, engaged in close contact, including placing fingers in one another's mouths.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
But the more I read the more I realized how intelligent chimpanzees really are.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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