Among the Wild Chimpanzees
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Jane Goodall is legendary among primate researchers, and for good reason: she learned more on her own studying chimpanzees than all who went before her combined. In 1960, Goodall set out for Tanzania's remote Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the behavior of man's closest living relative, the chimpanzee, showing her quiet determination to observe these animals closely while disturbing them as little as possible. Gaining their trust over a 20-year period of noninterference, she gathered an unprecedented wealth of information on their rich social lives. We see playing, fighting, grooming, and even the once-controversial tool-use among the remarkably human-seeming chimpanzees. Goodall's grace and scientific curiosity really shine; she is a model for field biologists the world over. This film looks at two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work, including her dramatic discovery of chimpanzees making and using tools.
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58 min
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[2013], c1984
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