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Visitors can potentially see the baby chimp at zoo, but she may be hidden or hard to see.
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Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
The idea is that whatever traits humans share with chimps today could date back to when the ancestors of the two species split off from one another six million to eight million years ago.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Over months, researchers observed around 60 chimps in Kibale National Park in Uganda.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
The idea is that whatever traits humans share with chimps today could date back to when the ancestors of the two species split off from one another six million to eight million years ago.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Over months, researchers observed around 60 chimps in Kibale National Park in Uganda.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Chimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimp. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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chimp
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ˈchimp 
ˈshimp
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