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Chimps: So Like Us is a 1990 American short documentary film about chimpanzees and the work of Jane Goodall directed by Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [1] [2] The half-hour film, shot on location in New York, Arizona and Tanzania. The film has been broadcast extensively on HBO.
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 ...
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 ...
The 90-year-old legendary primatologist is empowering the next generation of environmental changemakers.
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. She ...
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.
In 1962, Flo was one of the first chimpanzees to approach Goodall's camp, along with her infant daughter Fifi. Video of Flo approaching Goodall and allowing Fifi to reach out to touch Goodall's forehead, letting Goodall know she had been accepted, is shown in the IMAX film Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees. [14]
Feeding station where Jane Goodall used to feed the chimps. Goodall lived at Gombe almost full-time for fifteen years and the long-term data she accumulated is still of value to scientists today. [4] In 1967, the Gombe Stream Research Centre (GSRC) was established to coordinate ongoing chimpanzee research in the park. [3]