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She was considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and was renowned for her global conservation efforts ...

Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall, whose immersive field research living among chimpanzees in the 1960s essentially redefined the relationship between humans and animals, has died at the age of 91.

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Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91.

It started with her childhood love of animals and all the books she read; and continued with meeting Mary & Dr. Louis Leaky and befriending the chimp at Gombe in Tanzania she named David Greybeard.

Dr Jane Goodall, the world-renowned chimpanzee expert and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, passed away on October 1 at the age of 91 while in California on a speaking tour. Born in England, she ...