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Frans Lanting on the Fongoli Spear Hunting Chimps
It has been far too long since I’ve updated this blog. I apologize, there certainly has not been a lack of material to share — just a lack of time and overemphasis on Anthropology.net, which is totally...
View ArticleWild Chimps Know What Fire Is … Kinda.
Jill Pruetz, an ISU associate professor of anthropology, has been studying savanna chimpanzees at her Fongoli research site in Senegal since 2001. Her new study documents how the chimps understand the...
View ArticleOn Fongoli Chimpanzee Survival Strategies & Implications of Early Human...
The Fongoli savanna in southeast Senegal offers a unique ecosystem. Temperatures can rise above 110 degrees Fahrenheit with brush fires sweeping across. The chimpanzees who live on these savannas...
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