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Published online 31 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050829-8
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Apeing our language
Chimp genome may shed light on surprising command of vocabulary.
Panbanisha knows how to get what she wants. The 19-year-old bonobo chimpanzee tells her carers when it's time for her favourite video: the one where the man in the gorilla suit drives to the restaurant and steals a taco.
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