Jane Goodall Research Paper

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Jane Goodall is an amazing primatologist who studied chimpanzees in her lifetime. Jane Goodall was born in London, England on April 3rd, 1934. As a child, Jane Goodall loved animals. When she was just over one year old, her parents gave her a toy chimpanzee, in honor of the baby chimpanzee that was born at the London Zoo. She loved the toy, named it Jubilee, and carried it everywhere. Even when she was young she had a dream of living in Africa and watch and write about the animals there. When Jane graduated high school in 1952, she could not afford to be sent to a university, so Jane became a secretary and worked for a time at the Oxford University typing documents. Later she works for a London Filmmaking company. In May 1956, Jane's friend, Clo Mange, invites Jane to her family farm in …show more content…
Jane quits her job, returns home, and works as a waitress to save enough money for a boat fare. On April 2nd, 1957, at the age of 23, Jane travels to Kenya by boat. During her visit, she meets Louis Leakey, a famous anthropologist, and paleontologist. Jane impresses Leakey with her knowledge of Africa's wildlife, that he hires her to be his assistant. On July 4th, 1960, Jane arrives on the shore of Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in western Tanzania. At first, studying the chimpanzees were not easy for Jane Goodall. The chimps fled from Jane in fear, but with patience and determination, she searched the forest every day and trying not to get too close to the chimpanzees. Gradually the chimps got used to Jane being around and they let her closer. Jane found out that chimpanzees are meat eaters, which disapproved of the wildly held belief that chimps were vegetarian. On November 4th, 1960, Jane observed chimpanzees