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chimpanzee

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






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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

One chimpanzee with a typewriter could pound out the script for “Primate” in an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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

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

Because the study at Gombe has lasted for so many years, we have learned many fascinating things about chimpanzee behavior.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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