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In reply to the discussion: Jane Goodall has Passed Away [View all]Warpy
(113,987 posts)37. I remember the flood of women into everything from archaeology
to zoological research that started in the late 50s and early 60s, every single field seemed to change in ways both radical and subtle.
Gone was the nearly exclusive focus on dominant males, to be replaced by a focus on how males became dominant and what their rel function was and not just among apes, it extended to species like horses and chickens.
Goodall was in for the vanguard of those changes, her meticulous observations laying the foundation for much future research.
RIP, great lady. And thank you.
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She was also my hero. Thank you for letting us know. Ms. Goodall was a beautiful human being in every way.
HeartsCanHope
Wednesday
#23
She lived my kind of life. A life spent more with animals than people. RIP Jane.
Marie Marie
Wednesday
#27
She inspired my major in anthropology in the 70's. I started studying baboons.
BComplex
Wednesday
#33
I Picked Up "In the Shadow of Man" at the used book store without knowing anything about her.
JoetheShow
Wednesday
#67