
National Geographic: Among the Wild Chimpanzees
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- 1984
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fearsome tales of a half
human monster roaming
the African forests
Even in modern times,
knowledge of the elusive creature
the wild chimpanzee-
was largely based on speculation
Then, in 1960 a daring
young Englishwoman
set out to sort fiction from truth
She had been warned
"You'll never get
near the chimpanzees,"
but she was determined to try
Her name, Jane Goodall
She was 26 years old and
destined to make scientific history
Against odds many
thought insurmountable
she gradually earned
the chimpanzees' trust
The picture that has
emerged is an awesome
portrait of the animals
most like man
The similarities to humans are
startling:
the obvious physical resemblance;
the discovery that they hunt and eat meat;
the even more profound revelation
that they are intelligent enough
to make and use tools
and in their nonverbal communication
perhaps the most uncanny
resemblance of all
Meticulously documented on
motion-picture film
Jane Goodall's classic study stretches
from 1960 to the present day
A compelling chronicle that spans
three generations of chimps
it is the longest study of any wild
animal group in the world
Unexpectedly one of its recent
chapters took a forbidding turn
The usually gentle
amiable chimps revealed a dark
and sinister side
- puzzling, savage behavior
as yet unexplained
And so the saga goes on -
the remarkable adventure of the wild
chimpanzees and the dedicated
woman who works among them still
Growing up in Bournemouth,
England, Jane Goodall
was drawn to the world of animals
almost from the start
When her mother gave
outraged friends predicted nightmares
They could not have been more wrong
"Even when I was very tiny I was
absolutely fascinated by animals
I think I first began to dream of
Dr. Doolittle and Tarzan
when I was about eight
I was absolutely fascinated with
the idea of being out in the jungle
out with the animals
feeling a part of it all."
Famed anthropologist Louis Leakey
had long searched for someone
to study wild chimpanzees for
clues to the behavior of early man
"I want someone unbiased
by academic learning," he said
"Someone with uncommon patience
and dedication."
His faith in Jane Goodall would
lead to one of the most important
scientific studies of our time
Her journey would take Goodall to
the East African country of Tanzania
then known as Tanganyika
Reserve stretches for about
ten miles of rugged
shore of Lake Tanganyika
And so on the 14th of July 1960
Jane Goodall was 4,000 miles from home
a tiny boat her only link
to the civilized world
"When I arrived at the
Gombe Stream Reserve
I felt that at long last my childhood
ambition was being realized
But when I looked at the wild and
rugged mountains where
the chimpanzees lived
I knew that my task was not going to be easy."
Day-to-day life in this remote
wilderness would be difficult at best
The local authorities
horrified at the thought of a young
permission to come
agreeing only when she said she would
bring a companion
Aside from her mother
Vanne Goodall, and an African cook
several months virtually alone
It was already late afternoon
when the tents were pitched and
provisions stored
But after 20 years of dreaming
of this day
Jane was eager to begin
Unarmed and untrained she
ventured into a strange, new world
For most, this would be a lonely
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