Bonobos And Chimps
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Bonobos:
The bonobo is an in interesting species because it shares more than 98 percent of our genetic profile, which makes it very close to a human. It is believed that the human line of ancestry, along with the line of bonobo and chimpanzee, split about eight million years ago (
Chimpanzee:
The chimpanzee is the best known of the nonhuman primates. The chimpanzee has longer arms than legs, is both arboreal and terrestrial animals and also walks on its knuckles. Language and tool making was once thought to be unique to humans; however, observations have shown that chimpanzees have their own language and can also make tools. When it comes to family structure, chimpanzees will associate with their mothers until after they are fully-grown. Adult males and the infants do not appear to