Jane Goodall is a British ethologist who is popularly known for her long-term research on chimpanzees. But did you ever wonder what got her interested in these primates? Jane Goodall’s father gave her a plush chimpanzee named Jubilee instead of a teddy bear when she was a child. Goodall has stated that her admiration for […]
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Chimpanzees are highly sociable primates. They often live in communities with several animals and are often led by an alpha male. These primates mostly direct their aggressive tendencies on threats. They are intelligent and robust creatures. But did you hear the story about Santino the Chimpanzee in Furuvik Zoo? In 1997, Santino, one of the
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Jane Goodall For the Australian author, see Jane R. Goodall. Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ˈɡʊdɔːl/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 60-year study of social and
