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Pan troglodytes. Chimpanzees are great apes (not monkeys) who are native to the continent of Africa. If you ever wonder if you are looking at an ape or a monkey, look for a tail. Monkeys have tails, apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and humans âdo not.
Humans did not evolve from either of the living species of chimpanzees. Humans and chimpanzees did however evolve from a common ancestor. The two modern species (common chimpanzees and bonobos) are humans' closest living relatives. Some anthropologists and primatologists describe humans as a species of chimpanzee.