In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines' perils

He is among five people from local villages, all but one without a high school diploma, working on a project focused on the area's highly unusual savannah-dwelling chimpanzees. Not only has it proven a deep dive into science, but for several of them, it has also offered an escape from the mines. "It's really a stroke of luck," Sadiakhou told AFP of his involvement in the Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project, which was founded by US primatologist Jill Pruetz in 2001. Pruetz has made a number of discoveries...