Issa Study Area, Ugalla Region of Western Tanzania (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Issa Study Area, Ugalla Region of Western Tanzania

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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.

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James Moore

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