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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
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