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Head chimp keeper Alasdair Gillies aid: "Chimpanzees form part of the'great ape'family, which also includes orangutans and gorillas.

A poster showing chimp sign language, illustrated by DZG's graphic for visitors to learn more about how they look after their seven females.

There are more than 200 chimps at Chimp Haven, and some of the girls are about to move in with a group of boys.

As she spent more time with the animals, she noticed how the chimps would hug or kiss other chimps, or sometimes even viciously attack other chimps as a form of revenge.

Staff wrapped treats of monkey pellets and onions in party paper for Nickel and the 11 other chimps to unravel and enjoy.

The model could be expanded in the future to predict how a shrinking habitat might affect chimp populations.

Smiling, which is a human thing, is a fear grimace if you're a chimp. They gave off the wrong signals." Just how humanised Molly's chimps were became apparent in 1975 when she tried returning three adult chimps to the Senegal jungle.

It is just one in a lexicon of 66 gestures identified by the RESEARCH team, who have compiled the world's first "chimp dictionary".

During the four-hour session at the Fat Chimp Studios, 12 students became fully immersed in both pre- and post-production to create a professional medical video.

Eugene McCarthy of the University of Georgia argued that while humans share many features with chimps we also have a large number of characteristics not found in primates and these conflicting features are most likely the result of a hybrid mating at some point in human evolution, the Daily Star reported.

Before discussing the changes that have occurred along the human and chimp lineages since humans and chimps diverged, we need to discuss the currently observable similarities and differences between living chimps and humans.