The first five years of a chimp’s life are spent playing, socializing and developing a strong infant-mother bond
A chimpanzee has the same bones, muscles and nervous system as a human
A chimpanzee brain is structurally identical to a human brain and chimpanzees are capable of reasoned thought and abstraction
A chimpanzee’s sense of sight, smell, hearing and touch is similar to that of a human
Chimpanzees make and use tools
Chimpanzees use body language and pant-hoots to communicate
Chimpanzees demonstrate a range of emotions – from joy, sadness and fear to empathy
Hero image: chimpanzees Bahati and her baby Baroza at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
Photo credits: (hero image) Anna Mosser/ JGI, (1st) Fernando Turmo / JGI, (2nd) Nick Riley, (3rd) Fernando Turmo / JGI, (4th) Fernando Turmo / JGI, (5th) Fernando Turmo / JGI , (6th) Rick Quinn, (7th) Fernando Turmo / JGI