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Jane Goodall

Pioneer Primatologist

AuthorMother

Conservationist

Early Life

•Born in 1934

•Much experience with animals

•Curious

•Happy!

Africa; meeting her mentor

• Read Dr. Doolittle growing up

•Visits friend in Kenya 1957

•Meets anthropologist Louis Leaky, invited to accompany he & Mary on dig

•Leaky looking to shed light on early human behavior by studying Africa primates

•Was a Was a womanwoman•Was Was inexperiencedinexperienced; not an ; not an educated educated scientistscientist

•Gave them Gave them namesnames•Allowed Allowed in in their misttheir mist

Atypical choice, extraordinary work Atypical choice, extraordinary work

Contributions to PrimatologyContributions to Primatology

• instrumental in instrumental in study of social study of social learninglearning

•Primates Primates cognitioncognition

•Tool-makingTool-making

•Thinking & Thinking & culture in wild culture in wild chimpanzeeschimpanzees

Conservation, Activism

In her own words

Technology