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Even when it comes to things like wars over oil, which may seem like a whole different ball game, there are still comparisons one can draw: chimps fight for their territory they fight for the resources within that territory, so it does relate in a way.

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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
Anthropologist
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Hampstead Village
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