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Remembering Jane Goodall

Remembering Jane Goodall

Update: 2025-10-06
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Last week renowned primatologist Jane Goodall died at the age of 91. 

Goodall spent 65 years studying wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Her work showed that chimpanzees make and use tools, and have emotions, empathy and their own culture. She changed our understanding of the world around us. 

But it went far beyond just that - in her later life Goodall was an advocate: for conservation, human rights, animal welfare, and a number of other issues. 

Myron Shekelle is a primatologist and senior instructor at Western Washington University.

And he previously worked with Goodall - he assisted with founding the Jane Goodall Institute in Singapore.

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  • Myron Shekelle, is a primatologist and senior instructor at Western Washington University

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