The Emergence Machine

Chimpanzee

physical · Level 8 · E6

E6Organisms

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

As a mammal that requires life, a chimpanzee is a complex system that has evolved from cells and energy, exhibiting characteristics such as sentience and social behavior, closely related to humans.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Chimpanzee” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Chimpanzee”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0ChimpanzeeMammalReproductionAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesChimpanzeeL8LifeL2MammalL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    life is a fundamental concept that applies to chimpanzees
  • Mammal L7 (requires)
    Chimpanzee is a great ape closely related to humans