Houston Zoo Speaker Series – Dr. Jill Pruetz

Title: Houston Zoo Speaker Series – Dr. Jill Pruetz
Location: Houston Zoo
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Description: Join the Houston Zoo when we welcome our first speaker of 2011, Dr. Jill
Pruetz, Co-Founder Neighbor Apes, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
Iowa State University and National Geographic Emerging Explorer.

Dr. Jill Pruetz began research on the Fongoli chimpanzees in 2000 and
continues to expand her work to conserve the habitat of wild chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal, to protect the chimpanzees themselves, and to provide for the well being of the Senegalese people who have traditionally lived in the area alongside these chimpanzees.
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2011-02-17
End Time: 20:00