"[Chimpanzees] have the same social problems that we do, they want to make friends and find mates and sort of gain position within their society," says team member Mark Adams, a researcher who conducted the research while studying for his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Dr Alexander Weiss, senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, who also worked on the study, agrees that chimpanzee personality is "highly similar" to that of humans.
Researchers categorise human personality into five "dimensions", sometimes known as "the big five", he explains.
"Those dimensions are neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness."
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