Jane Goodall By: Sam Goodall and Eric Fraser
Jan 03, 2016
Jane GoodallBy: Sam Goodall and Eric Fraser
Biography
APRIL 3RD 1934 London, England
Always interested in the behaviour of animals
Graduated from high school in 1952
After graduating worked as a secretary at Oxford University
1956 Jane worked at a London film company at the age of 22
Invited by a childhood friend to live in Africa with her family she began almost immediately saving money as it was her dream to travel there and study animals
1957 aged 23 Jane docked in Mombasa, Africa and soon found her self to be the assistant to the well known Louis Leakey
She was chosen despite having no college degree
Date of Study & School of thought
1960 at the age of 26 she was fully immersed into the world of chimpanzees’ which in 1960 there was very little known about
Jane began by observing the chimps behaviours in the Gombe stream reserve along Lake Tanganyika (now Tanzania) with a note pad and a pair of binoculars
She began to concern herself with Physical Anthropology
Basis of ResearchAnd her methods
Jane’s basis of research came when she found that chimps were manufacturing tools from reeds and branches, even stone. Jane wondered if humans were the first to use this kind of thinking.
Jane’s methods of research were through observation and when it came to the “Banana Club” she used interaction
Banana Club was a systematic way of feeding the chimps bananas everyday in order to gain their trust, affection, and respect
Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKyrLFyOi04
Discoveries - recap -
Chimpanzees are carnivorous
Observed higher level intelligence and planning
Male chimps also showed elements of strategic dominance
Warring between two gangs of chimps lasted 4 years
They also were seen practicing monogamy ( one mate for life )
Compassion was shown for a child with out a mother
They also tend to teach each other skills such as hunting and crafting
Chimpanzees deliberately eat medicinal plants to help with body pains
Criticism Jane Goodall faced lots of criticism because she happened to be a woman alone in the jungle
Although finishing high school Jane never attended a college this caused a fair bit of backlash from the academic community
Question 1
How do we as humans differ from primates ?
Question 2
What other animals possess human like qualities ?
Question 3
Has Jane Goodall’s research changed the way we look at evolution ?
Thank you For Listening
Questions any one?
Citations
Jane Goodall: A Retrospective (YouTube)
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE (the Jane Goodall Institute |)
Jane Goodall, Primatologist Information (Emeritus), Facts, News, Photos -- National Geographic (National Geographic)