Jane Goodall, born in London in 1934, entered Gombe Stream, Tanzania, in 1960 under Louis Leakey’s guidance, where her landmark discovery of tool-making chimpanzees circa 1964 altered science forever. Her story reached millions through film. The 1965 CBS special Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees brought her into American homes. The Oscar-nominated Chimps: So Like Us (1990) and Brett Morgen’s acclaimed JANE (2017) cemented her cultural legacy. Later works, Jane Goodall: The Hope (2020) and Re

Jane Goodall, born in London in 1934, entered Gombe Stream, Tanzania, in 1960 under Louis Leakey’s guidance, where her landmark discovery of tool-making chimpanzees circa 1964 altered science forever. Her story reached millions through film. The 1965 CBS special Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees brought her into American homes. The Oscar-nominated Chimps: So Like Us (1990) and Brett Morgen’s acclaimed JANE (2017) cemented her cultural legacy. Later works, Jane Goodall: The Hope (2020) and Re

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