‘I didn’t want to write about this’: the man who first saw chimps waging civil war
But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in Uganda’s…
The Guardian reports: But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in Uganda’s Kibale national park.
John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. The old-growth east African rainforest enveloped him, its canopy stretching to heights of 40 metres.
This environment story centres on Uganda. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include John Mitani, African and Uganda’s Kibale.
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