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Oldest chimp from renown Guinean group dies
CONAKRY: Guinea's oldest chimpanzee and one of the last members of a globally famous endangered community has died in solitude around the age of 71, the environment ministry said.Fana, a female chimp born around 1951, was part of a troop that gained global fame for uncanny abilities to use tools.The tiny community of apes lives in a forest around the village of Bossou, in the far southeastern corner of the country.Scientists have trekked to the remote location for decades to study the chimps' remarkable use of stone hammers and anvils to crack open nuts -- the most sophisticated act ever observed of humanity's genetically closest relative.But Fana's death brings the number of Bossou chimpanz

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