Re: chimps stronger than humans

On 2009-04-01, Marc Verhaegen <m_verhaegen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
30.3.09 University of Chicago Press Journals

The secret to chimp strength
Could be as much about brain as muscle, biologist says

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I've been somewhat sceptical of claims for the enormous strength of
chimpanzees. A figure of a seven-fold difference from humans is often
quoted but I don't know where it comes from. A couple of years ago I did
a Google search and came up with only one report: a study of chimp
strength done at the Bronx zoo in 1924. I still think it may be an urban
myth.

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