Questions About Chimpanzees
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Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf
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8) How do different chimp communities differ?

Just to name a few - They differ in their general environment (jungle vs. woodland vs. savannah), and therefore in what they eat. They differ in the types of tools they use and the types of social behaviors they exhibit. They differ in community size and how long they have been studied. Also, some evidence for vocal "dialects" among different chimpanzee populations exists.

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