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The Trimates, [1] [2] sometimes called Leakey's Angels, [3] is a name given to three women — Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, [4] and Birutė Galdikas — chosen by anthropologist Louis Leakey to study primates in their natural environments. They studied chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, respectively.
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 ... (Jane Goodall's mother). Vanne sat up all night with him in St. Stephen's Hospital and left at 9:00 a.m. He died 30 ...
After obtaining approval from his co-researcher and wife, British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, Louis sent Goodall to Olduvai Gorge in Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania), where he laid out his plans. [14] In 1958, Leakey sent Goodall to London to study primate behaviour with Osman Hill and primate anatomy with John Napier. [15]
Jane Goodall brings "The Book of Hope" to the Los Angeles Times Book Club Feb. 25.
Leakey talked to Fossey about the work of English primatologist Jane Goodall and the importance of long-term research on the great apes. [18] Although Fossey had broken her ankle while visiting the Leakeys, [18] by October 16, she was staying in Walter Baumgartel's small hotel in Uganda, the Travellers Rest.
About Dr. Jane Goodall: Dr. Jane Goodall is an English primatologist and anthropologist who, for more than 60 years, has done exceptional and groundbreaking work on wild chimpanzees.
It’s Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday and, outside, the rain is coming down in buckets. While most people would be put off by the dismal weather, Goodall doesn’t mind. In fact, she welcomes it.
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California.Founded by Dr. Birutė Galdikas, one of three anthropologists (The Trimates) to study great apes under the guidance of Dr. Louis Leakey, OFI continues to rescue and rehabilitate orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest.