DAILY STAR
Boffins have put to bed the age-old question about who would win in a fight, a human or a chimpanzee – and the answer is complex.
Relatives, humans and chimps are both part of the Great Ape family and share many similarities, but various fundamental differences make this particular battle such a source of intrigue.
Experts at A-Z Animals have gone through the realities of this ancient showdown in a bid to answer it once and for all – and they reckon it’s far from straightforward with no single factor definitive in working out the conclusion of the unpleasant head-to-head.
There are of course physical disparities
Humans are bigger, generally being taller and weighing more, but chimps can reach a far higher top speed – closer to 25mph rather than close to 18mph for humans.
One crucial difference is bite power – chimps would be likely to use their jaws to bite and are extremely powerful on that front – they chow down with 1,300 PSI compared to humans which can conjure just 162 PSI.
They also have four fang-like canines.
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