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3 - A Most Surprising Creature

The Discovery of the Chimpanzee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2020

Kevin D. Hunt
Kevin D. Hunt
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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We have known that chimpanzees exist for centuries (see Yerkes & Yerkes, 1929 for the definitive review of great ape historical scholarship; also, Reynolds, 1967; Hill, 1969; Goodall, 1986). In the course of that time they have been discovered, rediscovered, confused with humans, confused with orangutans, portrayed as mythical monsters, and transported across seas merely to amuse royalty. Many of them ultimately achieved a sort of immortality as museum specimens.

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Chimpanzee
Lessons from our Sister Species
 , pp. 20 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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