Research on West African chimpanzees living in a savanna mosaic at Fongoli, Senegal since 2001, with a focus on the behavioral ecology of apes in a semi-arid environment. Associated with the Neighbor Ape 501c3 non-profit organization (US), which seeks to conserve the chimpanzees at Fongoli and to provide for the wellbeing of people that live alongside them. Project Director, Dr. Jill D. Pruetz, Professor of Anthropology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Chimps and fire!
We just published a brief article on the Fongoli chimps' interactions with wildfires and implications for understanding this aspect of early hominid evolution. The article can be found in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Here is a link to a couple of news articles about the manuscript:
www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/dec/wildfires
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1222/2
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/23/chimps-dont-run-from-fire%E2%80%94they-dance-with-it/
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