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Research by Associate Anthropology Professor Nathaniel Dominy shows fruit shortages in the Bornean forest have left orangutans protein deprived and wasting away.

“They’re living on the margin,” Dominy said.

Dominy’s research, completed with professors from five other U.S. colleges, was recently published in the journal Biology Letters.

Read the full story, published on 12/14/11 by ScienceNews.