Chimps 90 Percent Gone in a "Final Stronghold"
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 17:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
West African chimpanzees have declined by 90 percent in the last 18 years in an African country that is one of the subspecies' "final strongholds," a new study stays.
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