Jane Goodall

Who is Jane Goodall?

Jane Goodall is a ethologist who
traveled to Tanzania to study wild
chimpanzees. She is one of the most
highly respected scientists in the
world, and contributed to the
chimpanzee “caste system”. She
discovered communication
methods used by chimpanzees as
well.
 “The least I can do is speak out
for those who cannot speak out for
themselves.”
- Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
1934 - present
Early Life
✢ Born on April 3, 1934 in London, England
✢ Her father was Mortimer Goodall, a
businessman
✢ Her mother was Margaret Joseph, a novelist
under the alias of Vanne Morris Goodall
✢ She had one sister, Judy Goodall
✢ She developed a fascination for animals, and
enjoyed studying birds
Personal Life
✢ In 1964, Jane married Baron Hugo
van Lawick, a dutch filmmaker
✢ The couple met when Hugo made a
documentary about Jane, ‘Miss
Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees’
✢ She and Hugo had a son, Hugo Jr.,
in 1967
Personal Life (cont.)
✢ The family and their chimpanzees became quite
popular after the documentary was released
✢ Her marriage with Hugo ended in 1974, and
wed Derek Bryceson in 1975
✢ Derek was a former member of Parliament and
a director of Tanzonian national parks
“I never wanted to be a scientist
per se. I wanted to be a
naturalist.”
-Jane Goodall
Education
Although Jane is one of the world’s greatest
biologists, she lacked a formal college degree.
Because of her lack of formal education, many
scientists were not enthused at the idea of her
having a position on one of their teams.
Starting her Research in Africa
✢ Jane first came to Africa with a film
company she was working for at the
time to make a documentary in Kenya
✢ While in Kenya she met a well-known
anthropologist Louis Leakey, who
offered her a job as a secretary
✢ He took her on an archaeological dig,
and sent her to study the vervet
monkey
Starting Her Research in Africa (cont.)
✢ After finishing her research on the vervet
monkeys, she returned to England
✢ On July 16, 1960 she traveled back to Africa
with her mother and an african chef, where she
set up a camp on the shore of Lake Tanganyika
✢ She quickly discovered the chimps would run
away if she got close to them, so she gave them
bananas as a way to coax them into trusting her
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 “It was both fascinating and
appalling to learn that
chimpanzees were capable of
hostile and territorial behavior
that was not unlike certain forms
of primitive human warfare.”
-Jane Goodall
How She Performed Her Research
1. Getting Close to the
Chimpanzees
As previously stated, she had the
“banana club”, a systematic
daily feeding. Her system of
feeding was discovered when
she saw important events
occurring while eating bananas.
She realized she could use the
bananas to form a relationship
with them, and thus created the
banana club.
2. Studying Them
After Jane formed a relationship
with the chimps, she was able to
study them up close, closer than
anyone had before, and made
many of the discoveries about
chimpanzees were made by Jane
Goodall.
Discoveries Made by Jane Goodall
✢ The “banana club” - daily
systematic feeding used to gain
the trust of chimpanzees
✢ The complex social system of
chimps- ritual behaviors,
communication methods,
familial bonds, forms of
affection, etc.
 Discoveries Made by Jane Goodall (cont.)
✢ Diet of chimps- ethologists initially
considered chimps to be vegetarian,
but she discovered they consumed
insects, and even at some points,
resorted to cannibalism.
“I had worldwide recognition and
a gift of communication. I had to
use them.”
-Jane Goodall
Capture of Jane’s Students in Tanzania
In 1975, four people were studying with Jane
Goodall in Tanzania. Three were students from
Stanford University, while one was a Dutch woman.
They were kidnapped at the Gombe Stream reserve
by raiders from Zaire.
Taking Her Research Out of Tanzania
✢ After living in Tanzania for a number of years,
she saw the decline of habitats available for
chimpanzees as well as other scientists’
mistreatment of chimps
✢ The number of chimpanzees was decreasing
rapidly, and by 1980 they were endangered
✢ Jane realized that she could only watch them
deteriorate while in Tanzania, and decided to
spread awareness to the world
Published Works
✢ Innocent Killers, 1970
✢ In the Shadow of Man, 1971
✢ The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of
Behavior, 1986
✢ My Life with the Chimpanzees, 1988
✢ The Chimpanzee Family Book, 1989
✢ Understanding Chimpanzees, 1989
✢ Through a Window, 1990
Published Works (cont.)
✢ Visions of Caliban, 1993
✢ Next of Kin, 1997
✢ Reason for Hope, 1999
✢ Brutal Kinship, 1999
✢ Dr. White, 1999
✢ Africa in my Blood, 2000
✢ The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do for the
Animals We Love 2001
Published Works
✢ The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World
and Ours,2001
✢ Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in
Letters, 2001
✢ Performance and Evolution in the Age of
Darwin, 2002
✢ Rickie and Henri: A True Story, 2004
✢ Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Living,
2005
Published Works (cont.)
✢ Hope for Animals and Their World, 2009
✢ On This Earth, a Shadow Falls, 2012
✢ Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the
World of Plants, 2013
✢ The Eagle and the Wren, 2014
✢ Chimpanzee Children of Gombe, 2014
✢ Doctor White, 2014
✢ A Prayer for World Peace, 2015
Credits
✢ https://www.biography.com/people/jane-gooda
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Credits (cont.)
✢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeASUdvL
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✢ http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1965/12/j
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✢ http://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/22/archives
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Thank You!