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Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ d ɔː l /; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934), [3] formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. [4] She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild ...
When Jane Goodall began observing and studying chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, she was a trailblazer. Her research, now considered groundbreaking, was controversial.
Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall first travelled to Tanzania in 1960 at the age of 26 with no formal college training. [4] At the time, it was accepted [dubious – discuss] that humans were undoubtedly similar to chimpanzees, sharing over 98% of the same genetic code. [4] However, little was known about chimpanzee behaviour or community structure.
Jane Goodall began her first field study of chimpanzee culture in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall had always been passionate about animals and Africa, which brought her to the farm of a friend in the Kenya highlands in 1957. From there, she obtained work as a secretary, but acting on her friend's advice she telephoned Louis ...
There are currently 31 images for sale, as part of “The Nature of Hope: 90 Years of Jane Goodall’s Impact” campaign that started on April 1, with the work of 10 more artists being released ...
The 90-year-old legendary primatologist is empowering the next generation of environmental changemakers.
The sanctuary, part of the Jane Goodall Institute, [2] is located 50 km (31 miles) north of Pointe-Noire in the Kouilou Department and is the largest chimpanzee sanctuary on the African continent. It has conducted research comparing food-sharing and social inhibition among chimpanzees and bonobos. [3] [4]
The community was the subject of Jane Goodall's pioneering study that began in 1960, and studies have continued ever since, becoming the longest continuous study of any animals in their natural habitat. [2] [3] [4] As a result, the community has been instrumental in the study of chimpanzees and has been popularized in several books and ...