Forensic Anthropologists Assist in Study of Rwanda's Endangered Mountain Gorillas
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 10:35
in Biology & Nature
Forensic anthropologists from the University of Indianapolis are among a team of U.S. scientists who are assisting the Rwandan Office of Tourism and National Parks in creating a repository where skeletal remains of endangered mountain gorillas will be carefully maintained for research on diet, disease, stress and other factors affecting their health and survival.
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