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Meet the wild chimpanzees revealing the medicinal properties of plants to researchers

Scientists are uncovering the healing power of plants with help from an unlikely source: chimpanzees. For years, researchers at the University of Oxford have taken samples of plants favored by injured wild chimps to learn about their medicinal properties. Sangeeta Kandola of Independent Television News reports.

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