What Jane taught me
Primatologist Richard Wrangham pays tribute to Jane Goodall, reflecting on her groundbreaking research, conservation legacy, and her gift for teaching others to observe the world with open minds.
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.From the Archives: Jane Goodall
Watch a never-before-released recording of Jane Goodall from the 1973 Louis Leakey Memorial Symposium, recorded just 13 years after she began her long-term research at Gombe. Through stories of Gombe chimpanzees, she reveals insights into family life, social learning, and infant development.
| Oral History: John Mitani In our ongoing oral history series, primate behavioral ecologist John Mitani discusses his career studying the behavior of our closest living relatives, the apes. John has studied all five kinds of apes and is best known for his long-term study of the Ngogo Chimpanzees in Kibale National Forest, Uganda. Reflecting on Jane’s legacy, he writes: “Jane fundamentally altered our understanding of what it is to be human with her groundbreaking observations of chimpanzees in the wild making and using tools, hunting and eating meat, and engaging in lethal intergroup aggression.” He honors her role as both scientist and ambassador for chimpanzees, adding, “Chimpanzees across Africa will miss Jane the most because she was the strongest and most vocal proponent arguing for their protection and conservation, as they are endangered and stand at the brink of extinction. Their world and ours are now forever poorer without her.” |
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