chimpanzee
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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
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, she became the namesake of the Ai Project, a research programme into the "chimpanzee mind".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Two weeks later, chimpanzee Vindi, an 18-year-old first-time mom, delivered a healthy female infant.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
There are good chimpanzee mothers and bad chimpanzee mothers.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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Africa - Introductory
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