Chimps taught me how to be a mother
Dr Jane Goodall is famous for her pioneering work with chimpanzees. When she was a young woman, 55 years ago, Jane set foot on the beach of Gombe, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. Her job was to observe chimps. And what she discovered was to revolutionise our understanding of primates, and just how much they have in common with humans. Now in her early 80s, Jane is still devoted to chimpanzees - and campaigns for a more enlightened attitude towards them and the environment. Jane began by talking about her lifelong fascination with animals....
(Picture: Dr Jane Goodall communicating with a young chimp. Credit:.Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images.)
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