The British ethologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall (b. 1934) began studying the social and family interactions of a Kasakela chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) community in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania in 1960, capturing the interest and imaginations of both academics and the public. Lasting over thirty years, Goodall’s work represents the longest field study of primates in the history of science. More recently, Goodall founded the Jane Goodall Institute as an international wildlife and environment conservation organization, and has worked extensively to support and raise awareness for conservation and animal welfare issues.
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- Goodall, Jane. In the Shadow of Man. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971.
- Morell, Virginia. Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
- Peterson, Dale. Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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