"Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and primatologist renowned for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees, has died aged 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that Goodall died of natural causes in California during a speaking tour in the United States. Dr Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist transformed science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of the natural world, the institute said."
"Born in London in 1934, Goodall began researching free-living chimpanzees in Tanzania in 1960. She observed a chimpanzee named David Greybeard make a tool from twigs and use it to fish termites from a nest, a ground-breaking observation that challenged the definition of humans as the single species capable of making tools. In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute, which works to protect great apes and their habitat and supports youth projects aimed at benefitting animals and the environment."
Jane Goodall died aged 91 of natural causes in California during a US speaking tour. She transformed ethology through long-term research of free-living chimpanzees begun in Tanzania in 1960. She observed David Greybeard fashion and use a twig tool to fish for termites, challenging the definition of humans as the sole tool-making species. In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to protect great apes, their habitats, and to support youth environmental projects. She devoted later decades to education, advocacy, and balancing climate crisis realities with messages of hope. She served as a UN Messenger of Peace and travelled widely to speak.
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