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"Chimpanzee" is not a documentary film but still provides
fascinating facts about our closest relatives Next week the
Disneynature film "Chimpanzee" opens in German cinemas. An
article that appeared in this week's issue of DER SPIEGEL is
making waves and, for this reason, we would like to take this
opportunity to make the following clear: while this film is not
a documentary, its contents are not made up. The story is based
on the results of more than 30 years of pain-staking research on
these and other extremely exciting aspects of the lives of our
closest living relatives. For practical reasons the filmmakers
were not always able to capture the story in exact sequence but
this is common with wildlife films. Computer simulation shows
that the reduction of natural dental wear m