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Issa Study Area, Ugalla Region of Western Tanzania

Caption: An arid woodland savanna, Ugalla -- where chimpanzees are using digging tools to collect roots, tubers and bulbs -- is thought to be an environment similar to those exploited by the first hominids.

Credit: James Moore

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