Gap Fill - Medicinal Plants - Level 5

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   behaviour      fern      infection      male      plants      sickness      study      swelling      themselves      traditional   

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Humans have used for medicine since prehistoric times. They are still used in medicine. Scientists have now found that chimpanzees also seek out plants to heal . Researchers in the UK conducted a of chimpanzee in the Budongo Central Forest in Uganda. The researchers tracked a chimp with an injured hand looking for a . The fern may have reduced the in the ape's hand. Another chimpanzee with an ate the bark of a cat-thorn tree. This may have helped to reduce the animal's .

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