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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 and chimpanzees have a different number of chromosomes. Humans have 46 while chimpanzees (and many other great apes) have 48. Current theories say that humans and chimpanzees had a common ancestor around 6-8 million years ago. This common ancestor must have had a certain number of chromosomes.