How This River Made Chimps Violent

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Chimpanzee: A great ape native to tropical Africa that is one of humanity’s closest living relatives.

Bonobo: A slightly smaller great ape native to tropical Africa that is one of humanity’s closest living relatives.

Speciation: A lineage-splitting event in which a population of the same species becomes two different species.

Allopatric speciation: Speciation that occurs when populations of the same species get isolated geographically.

Hominini: The taxonomical classification that includes humans, chimps, and bonobos.

Pan: The taxonomical classification that includes chimps and bonobos.

Chimpobo: A name we just made up to identify the common ancestor of the chimpanzee and bonobo.

Congo river: The deepest river in the world and the second largest (behind the Amazon) in discharge volume.

G-G Rubbing: A form of genital to genital contact bonobos sometimes use to form social bonds.

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