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Chimp Nations

Chimps Employ Culture to Branch Out
Read this ScienceNews article about how chimpanzees develop distinctive cultural traditions.

Chimpanzee Cultures
An informative and interactive companion web site for the New Frontiers in Science, Exhibition 2000 by the Royal Society in London.

Chimps More Genetically Diverse Than Humans
How much is genetic pre-determination involved in the cultural behavior of chimps? Discover the answer in this

Environmental News Network article. Zoopharmacognosy
Chimps in the wild use tools for much more than catching termites. Read here about their medicinal uses of plants.

Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation
This is the not- for-profit sanctuary at which David Bjorklund conducts some of his research.

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Chimps Observed  
  Chimp Nations  
  Chimps Getting Along  
  Chimp Minds  
  Chimps Under the Gun  
 
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