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Throughout history, people were led to believe that all humans were descendants of god. Jane Goodall, and her historical research on chimpanzees and human nature are extremely alike. Interesting facts about Jane Goodall’s childhood, her contribution to the biological community, and her impact to the world today all come together to show us how important Goodall is to chimpanzees. Despite the fact that Jane Goodall’s family was constantly moving place-to-place, her childhood was exciting. She was born on April 3, 1934 in London, England, and is still lives to this day in England (A&E). Jane owned a few animals while growing up, and recorded what they did regularly. According to an online source, Jane Goodall’s ambition was …show more content…

At age 23, Jane sails to Africa. During her trip, she meets the famous Dr. Louis Leakey, who was an anthropologist. Meeting him opened up a huge window for Jane. Louis ends up hiring her to be his secretary at the Coryndon Museum (Biography Online N.D.). In 1957, Dr. Leakey realizes that Jane is a perfect candidate to study chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream in Tanzania. This is great news for Jane, because this was one of her long life dreams. A year later, one chimp that was named David Greybeard had accepted Jane. This is exciting, because with one chimp’s acceptance, this opens the wide door for all the other chimps to accept her presences as well (Biology N.D.) This is when Leakey realizes that Jane has a special talent, and convinces Cambridge University to let her study, and receive a college degree. She graduates in 1966, becoming Dr. Jane Goodall (SoftSchools). One day while doing some research, Jane observed chimpanzees making a tool out of tree bark to extract termites. Leakey said, “Now we must redefine too, redefine Man, or accept chimpanzees as humans.” The study of chimpanzees in their natural environment was a tremendous discovery, and impacted the way we view them today.

Louis Leakey, and Dian Fossey were also major researchers around this time. Leakey was a paleontologist, archaeologist, and an anthropologist. Louis is most commonly known for his research in anthropology, and

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