Celebrated zoologist and primatologist Jane Goodall, 91, has died. I remember when I was about ten years old, and she was in her early thirties, when she became the subject of a famed National Geographic documentary about her work with chimpanzees. That helped make her world famous or more famous than she already was. It was narrated by Orson Welles.
I hope this YouTube of this famous documentary never gets taken down:
Snip from the article:
The British primatologist's "discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," according to the institute.
Goodall was only 26 years old when she first traveled to Tanzania and began her important research on chimpanzees in the wild. Throughout her study of the species, Goodall proved that primates display an array of similar behaviors to humans, such as the ability to develop individual personalities, and could make and use their own tools.
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