chimpanzee
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After the split between human and chimpanzee lineages around 7 million years ago, early human ancestors followed a complex evolutionary path that eventually led to the emergence of Homo sapiens roughly 300,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
There again, maybe the laugh is on the rest of us, because these folks are still pulling down the big bucks, even after their predictions worked out worse than the proverbial blindfolded chimpanzee throwing darts.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
As part of the chimpanzee troop’s SSP recommendations the following year, Pu’iwa was allowed to mate with two females.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
These early humans are thought to have lived alongside their evolutionary ancestors: a pre-human group, called australopithecines, who had larger teeth and a mix of chimpanzee and human traits.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Beatrice made a chimpanzee face and pointed at a sharp stump where one of her incisor teeth used to be.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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