chimpanzee
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pænˈzi, tʃɪmˈpæn noun
a large, somewhat arboreal anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, of equatorial Africa, having a brown-to-black coat, a relatively hairless face with a rounded muzzle, prominent ears, and hands adapted for knuckle-walking, noted for its intelligence and humanlike behavior: now greatly reduced in number and threatened with extinction in the wild.
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| a gregarious and intelligent anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, inhabiting forests in central W Africa | |
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Word Origin & History
chimpanzee
1738, from a Bantu language of Angola (cf. Tshiluba kivili-chimpenze "ape"). Short form chimp first attested 1877.
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And it is noticeably different in a human from that in the brain of a chimpanzee.
Compelling evidence that altruism is a genetic trait comes from studying our close relative, the chimpanzee.
The lack of this bone makes chimpanzee feet even more flexible in trees, but it also makes them worse at walking on the ground.
The initial results indicate they belong to a chimpanzee.
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