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Also Known As Pan troglodytes

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masked chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus)
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adult chimpanzees with offspring
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chimpanzee vocalization
chimpanzee tool use
human evolution
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Wolfgang Köhler
German psychologist
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
British ethologist
Robert M. Yerkes
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