chimpanzee
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The Marmot Project, which has been running for more than 60 years, is the second-longest study of individually identified mammals in the world, after Jane Goodall's chimpanzee study in Tanzania.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The vision was conceived by Jane Goodall, the late, famed chimpanzee expert, and Margarita Pagliai, who founded Seven Arrows and Little Dolphins Preschool in the Palisades.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 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
In captivity, at least one chimpanzee appeared to drag imaginary blocks across the floor after playing with real wooden ones.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
Under natural conditions, a typical chimpanzee troop consists of about twenty to fifty individuals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
"We are less intelligent than superintelligent AI. If you ask chimpanzees how humans could wipe them out, they probably wouldn't be able to give you all the right answers."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Video recordings show wild western chimpanzees, usually adult males, throwing rocks at specific trees and repeatedly returning to these trees to perform the behavior.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
However, we still don’t know what accumulative stone throwing sites might mean to the chimpanzees themselves nor why they do it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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
It’s well documented among animals, notably our closest relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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