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Welcome to the "CHIMPANZEES OF BOSSOU & NIMBA"
You will find information about chimpanzees, research and conservation at BOSSOU and NIMBA, Republic of Guinea, West Africa.


ANNOUNCEMENTS


(Photo by Jules DORE)

NEW ARTICLES 2009

Haslam M, Hernandez-Aguilar A, Ling V, Carvalho S, de la Torre I, DeStefano A, Du A, Hardy B, Harris J, Marchant L, Matsuzawa T, McGrew W, Mercader J, Mora R, Petraglia M, Roche H, Visalberghi E & Warren R (2009) Primate archaeology. Nature 460: 339-344.

Hockings K, Anderson J & Matsuzawa T (2009) Use of wild and cultivated foods by chimpanzees at Bossou, Republic of Guinea: Feeding dynamics in a human-influenced environment. Am J Primatol.DOI 10.1002/ajp.20698.

Humle T & Matsuzawa T (2009) Laterality in hand use across four tool use behaviors among the wild chimpanzees of Bossou, Guinea, West Africa. Am J Primatol 71: 40-48.


Shimada MK, Hayakawa S, Fujita S, Sugiyama S & Saitou N (2009) Skewed matrilineal genetic composition in a small wild chimpanzee community. Folia Primatol 80:19-32.


 

Dec.2006 : New video clip : the hand clapping chimp in Nimba

Aug.2006 : Green Corridor Project : Some young saplings planted last Dec. are now taller than their tubes!!

Dec.2005 : Green Corridor Project 1200 tubes were placed in the savanna

 

Contact and further information
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Primate Research Institute
Kyoto University
41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
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