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Ask CNN: How Does a Chimpanzee's Development Compare With a Human's?

Aired May 03, 2001 - 09:37   ET

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KATE HEYER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Hi, my name is Kate Heyer, and I'm from Atlanta, Georgia. Here's a question for Jane Goodall: How does a chimp's development compare with a human's?

JANE GOODALL, FOUNDER, THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE: Well, Kate, actually, chimps' developments and human developments run very much along the same course, except that infant chimps are able to climb and swing about in the trees. But they start walking when they're about 1 1/2 years old.

Young chimps remain together with their mother all the time until they're about eight years old, and they continue to come back and travel with the mother and younger brothers and sisters for the rest of their lives.

They can have their first child when they're about 13, so really, there's not that much difference.

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