Application Assignment #3

   Who is Jane Goodall?

Jane Goodall is a well-known British anthropologist, ethologist, and primate expert who is best recognized for her work with chimpanzees. She began researching chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s after being born in London, England in 1934. Goodall has spent more than 60 years researching chimpanzee behavior in their natural environment, making her one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject. The social and family dynamics, communication, and tool use of chimpanzees have all been better understood thanks to Goodall's studies. Goodall is renowned for her efforts and advocacy work on behalf of animals and the environment in addition to her contributions to science. For her efforts, she has been recognized and honored with the Kyoto Prize and the Benjamin Franklin Medal.

   Jane Goodall developed an early interest in studying monkeys. She received Jubilee, a plush toy chimpanzee, as a gift. She spent her childhood observing and learning about animals after falling in love with them during her adolescence and early adulthood. When Goodall met renowned paleoanthropologist and archaeologist Louis Leakey, who was looking for someone to study chimpanzees in the wild, her interest in chimpanzee research was kindled. Leakey thought that learning about chimpanzee behavior will help us understand the behavior of early humans. Goodall left for Tanzania at the age of 26 to start studying chimpanzees in the wild. Goodall's research disproved a number of widespread beliefs regarding chimpanzees.

Ethology | biology | Britannica

Chimpanzee's Endangered

    Chimpanzee's population are said to shrink by 50% from 1975 to 2050. In contrast to the one million chimpanzees that were there around the turn of the century, the Jane Goodall Foundation estimates that there are between 172,000 and 300,000 chimpanzees living in the wild today. The western chimpanzee, which is one of the four unique subspecies and is mostly located in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone, is severely endangered. Wild chimpanzees continue to be hunted and experience habitat loss due to result of logging, development, and mining in Central and West Africa. Due to increased contact with humans, these problems result in additional indirect threats like diseases. The reproduction rate of the species makes threats worse; if an adult chimp is killed, it often takes 13–14 years for a breeding individual to take their place.

Why Chimpanzees Are Endangered and What We Can Do (treehugger.com)

Here is a video of how poaching affects animals. 

Baby rhino refuses to sleep alone after mother was brutally murdered by poachers - YouTube

Jane Goodall's Conflicts

    Jane Goodall was a very peaceful person and never experienced direct conflict with any person in particular. With that being said their mission as a whole embodied justice for those without a voice. So naturally Jane was an advocate for animal rights.

    Jane's Effect on Keene, NH

    My friend took a class that is offered here at Keene State College called Archeology and Human Origins in which they extensively learned about Jane's research and study of the chimpanzee community in Gombe Stream National Park. I asked them a few questions about the course, and they said that they really enjoyed it although it was a challenge, and that the content on Janes experience really brought to light how much she effected not only the anthropologist world but the general populations knowledge on the intelligence of animals and their importance in existing on this world with us as humans. They still talk about the class even though they took it last year and that really shows Janes impact on those who learn about her work to this day.