JaneGoodall’sResearchRevealed
Decadesofclosestudyofchimpanzeesinthewildrevolutionizedwhatweknowabouttheseanimals.HerearesomeofthekeydiscoveriesJaneGoodall made.
1960
EatingMeat
InGoodall’sfirstyearofstudy,sheobservedDavidGreybeardeatingadeadanimal.Thiswasproofthatchimpseat meat.
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1960
Toolmaking
GoodallobservedDavidGreybeardmakingandusingatooltofindandeat termites.
1964
Planning
AchimpnamedFiganshowedplanningwhenhe“kidnapped”achimpnamedFlinttogettheotherstofollowhimtoanew location.
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1964
UsingMan‑madeObjects
AchimpnamedMikeshowedintelligencebyusingemptycanstocreatenoise.Hebangedthecanstogethertoscarelargermales away.
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1970
Awe
Thesightofawaterfallinspiredthechimpstoperformajoyfulandspontaneous dance.
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1974
Warfare
Inashockingdevelopment,“war”brokeoutbetweentwogroupsofchimps.Thewarlastedfour years.
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1975
TeamBuilding
Figan’sstatusasaleaderwasstrengthenedbyhiscloserelationshipwithhisbrother, Faben.
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1987
Adoption
Afterthree‑year-oldMel’smotherdiedofpneumonia,hewas“adopted”byafemalechimpcalledSpindle.Thiswasthefirsttimethatanunrelatedchimpwasobservedtoadoptanorphan youngster.
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1994
TechnologyTransfer
Theuseoftwigstocatchantshadbeenseeninonlyonechimpcommunity.Yetafteronechimpleftthatcommunityforanother,shebeganteachingtheskilltochimps there.
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1995
MedicinalPlants
Researchsuggeststhatsomechimpseattheleavesofaparticularplanttohelpstopstomachpainorgetridof parasites.