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Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda was later seen waging a civil war
John Mitani first visited Kibale national park in Uganda in 1995 to study chimpanzees.
He and fellow primatologist David Watts later founded the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project.
Researchers counted nearly 200 chimpanzees living together in the Ngogo forest, an unusually large group for the time.
The long-running study has changed what scientists know about chimpanzees, including how unrelated males can form alliances and cooperate.
The Ngogo chimpanzees were later described as waging a civil war.
The project has continued for three decades and is one of 12 long-term studies of wild chimpanzees worldwide.
Researchers later observed the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda waging a civil war.
Primatologist John Mitani first visited Kibale National Park in 1995.
Mitani and Yale primatologist David Watts co-founded the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project later that year.
Researchers eventually counted nearly 200 chimpanzees living together in Ngogo.
The project has studied chimpanzees in their natural environment for three decades.
- Who
- The Ngogo chimpanzee group and the researchers who studied it, including primatologist John Mitani.
- What
- The group was later seen waging a civil war. Researchers established a long-term project to study the chimpanzees.
- When
- Mitani first visited Kibale in 1995; the civil war was seen later, but its date is not stated.
- Where
- Ngogo, in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
John Mitani first visited Kibale National Park.
Mitani and David Watts co-founded the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project.
A chimpanzee named Hare approached Mitani, beginning a period of trust between the chimpanzees and researchers.
The Ngogo project had become one of 12 long-term studies of chimpanzees in their natural environment.
- Location
- Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
- First visit
- John Mitani visited Kibale in 1995
- Project co-founders
- John Mitani and David Watts
- Initial grant
- $500,000 from the US National Science Foundation
- Chimpanzees counted
- Nearly 200
- Research duration
- Three decades
What people are saying
It only took a few days to realise that something weird was going on at this place
There were chimps everywhere.
It was fun, exciting and exhilarating. It was also a challenge.
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