Jane Goodall, famous primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the famous primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, has died, according to the institute he founded. She was 91 years old.

Goodall died from natural causes while in California in an oratory tour of the United States, the Institute He said in a statement on social networks On Wednesday.

The “discoveries of the British primatologist as Ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless defender of the protection and restoration of our natural world,” according to the institute.

Goodall was only 26 years old when he first entered in Tanzania and began his important research on Chimpanzees in nature. Throughout his study of the species, Goodall showed that primates show a variety of behaviors similar to humans, such as the ability to develop individual personalities and make and use their own tools.

Among the most surprising discoveries that Goodall made were “how we like” Chimpanzees are, he told ABC News in 2020.

“His behavior, with his gestures, kissing, hugging, taken from his hands and giving palmaditas on his back,” he said. “… the fact that they can actually be violent and brutal and have a kind of war, but also loving an altruistic.”

This discovery is considered one of the great achievements of the scholarship of the twentieth century, according to the Jane Goodall Institute.

Goodall’s love for animals began practically at birth, he told ABC News. When she was a girl who grew in London and Bournemouth, she dreamed of traveling to Africa and living among wildlife. When he was 10 years old, he read the books “Doctor Dolittle” and “Tarzan”, and inspiration changed the trajectory of his life.

The initial arrival at Gombe National Park turned out to be a challenge. The terrain was steep and mountainous, the forests were thick and the threats of buffalo and the leopards stalked in the desert. But his lifelong ambition had finally been done, and Goodall knew that he was where he was destined to be.

“It was what I always dreamed of,” he told ABC News.

Later, Goodall obtained a doctorate in ethology, the study of animal behavior, from the University of Cambridge. His thesis detailed the first five years of study in the Gombe Reserve.

In 1977, Goodall founded the Jane Goodall Institute with Genevieve Di San Faustino. Based in Washington, DC with offices in 25 cities around the world, the organization aims to improve the treatment and understanding of primates through public education and legal representation.

Goodall’s research obtained scientific honors and conventional fame, and the way for an increase in women who pursue races in Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) over the years was attributed to him. The number of women in Stem has increased from 7% to 26% in the last six decades, according to The Jane Goodall Institutewhich cited information from the census from 1970 to 2011.

In April 2002, it was appointed Messenger of the United Nations Peace.

The anthropologist continued to lend his voice to the environmental causes in his 80s and 90s.

In 2019, Goodall recognized the climatic crisis and the importance of mitigating greater warming, telling ABC News that the planet is “in danger.”

“We are definitely at a point where we need to make something happen,” he said. “We are in danger. We have a time window. I’m quite sure we do it. But we have to take action.”

Goodall even associated with Apple in 2022 to encourage customers to recycle their devices to reduce individual carbon footprint and reduce unnecessary mineral mining worldwide.

“Yes, people need to make money, but it is possible to make money without destroying the planet,” Goodall told ABC News at that time. “We have gone so far to destroy the planet that is shocking.”

Goodall emphasized in 2020 that there is still much to learn from “our closest relatives.”

“They are still teaching us,” he said during the anniversary of the Diamond Jubilee to study the species.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Goodall raised the hypothesis that humans brought an outbreak of themselves, since bats were the suspicious conductor of the contraction of the cross-species of the virus.

“We have disrespected the natural world. We’ve disrespected animals, and we’ve been cutting download forests. Animals have been driven into closer contact with peple. Animals have been hunted, killed and eaten. They’ve been Animals of Different Species Have Been Crowded Together in The Wild Animal Meat Markets in Asia, Bush Meat Markets in Africa, and This Create Fantastic Environment for a virus or bacteria, virus in this case, to jump from an animal to a person. “

Goodall’s place in the history of pop culture was further consolidated in 2022 when Mattel announced a Barbie Doll Special Edition Dedicated to the conservationist to commemorate the 62th anniversary of its first visit to the Gombe National Park of Tanzania.

“All my career, I wanted to help inspire children to be curious and explore the world around them,” said Goodall in a statement at that time.

The doll is dressed in a khaki shirt and shorts, a pair of binoculars and contains a notebook. The wrist itself is also sustainable, made of plastic to the ocean.

Goodall received several honors throughout his life. In 1995, she was appointed commander of the Order of the British Empire for “Zoology Services” and promoted to Dame Commander in 2003. The other Honors of Goodall included the French Legion of Honor, the Kyoto Prize of Japan and the United States presidential freedom medal.