Jane Goodall, Conservationist Who Transformed Our Understanding of Chimpanzees, Dies at 91

Jane Goodol, a primitologist who applied a primitologist and chimpanzees defender, died

TO Megan Barters Edited Kate Wong

The famous primatologist and Preservation According to the institute, Jane Gudoll, scientist Jane Guddlle died at the age of 91 for natural reasons that she founded in 1977.

Guddolla was most famous for its innovative research of chimpanzees in the wild. She visited Tanzania for the first time in 1960, when she was 26 years old, and began to observe the chimpanzee in what was called the Gombe Stream Game Reserve. Unlike more traditional scientific observations, Guddol called the chimpanzees, which she observed, instead of referring to them by numbers, and she attracted sharp eyes and emotional connection with her view of their behavior. (According to her founded the institute, she also regularly walked barefoot.)

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At the beginning of her work in Gomba, Gudoll watched the chimpanzees, which she called David Gray -Borod at work to search for termites using pieces of plant matter. She documented the use of the tool among chimpanzees In the era, when scientists believed that only people had such abilitiesAlthough the field said Goodoll that she expected the chimpanzees, which she studied would be very smart, animals were scientific mystery at that time.

Since her study became more noticeable, she became a cult scientist – and inspiration for women in science, and then a frank protector of preservation.

Scientific American Talking with Budollah in 2010 To celebrate her 50th anniversary with chimpanzees and asked her that she considered her the most significant contribution.

“Breaking this perceived sharp line between us and other creatures,” said Goodoll. “I think that chimpanzees helped people understand that we are part and not separated from the animal kingdom, and this has opened the way to respect for other amazing creatures with which we share the planet.”

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