Definition of chimpanzee
: an anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of equatorial Africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorilla — compare bonobo
Updated on: 18 Apr 2018
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Meanwhile, Goodall camped for months in the jungles of Tanzania to bring back reports of the intelligence and sociability of chimpanzees, which upended the scientific establishment’s assumption of human supremacy.
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The gift of the chimpanzee is the vista we are offered of ourselves.
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The Kansas City Zoo announced this week that Gracie, the baby chimpanzee born in KC on Jan. 9, has fallen ill with a life-threatening viral infection.
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All of reality is collapsing it, and the future of everything just might rely on the most intelligent chimpanzee in existence.
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Children start showing signs of self-recognition at about 12 months at the earliest and chimpanzees at two years old.
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Comparing Ata’s genome to the genomes of a chimpanzee and monkey ruled out a nonhuman origin.
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During the same period last year, only 11 chimpanzees came to Chimp Haven—and none the year before that.
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Origin and Etymology of chimpanzee
Kongo dialect chimpenzi
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Definition of chimpanzee for English Language Learners
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: an intelligent animal that is a type of ape and that lives mostly in trees in Africa
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: an African ape that lives mostly in trees and is smaller than the related gorilla
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