{"id":39792,"date":"2025-10-01T18:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39792"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:50:35","slug":"dr-jane-goodall-dead-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39792","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jane Goodall Dead at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jane Goodall<\/strong><\/a>, the world-renowned primatologist and chimpanzee expert, has died … according to a statement posted to her official Instagram account.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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According to a statement released by the Jane Goodall Institute … Jane passed away Wednesday morning in California while on a speaking tour of the United States.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The institute states she died of natural causes but does not specify beyond that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Dr. Goodall spoke at The Plaza Hotel in New York City one week ago … and, she was set to speak at a nearly sold-out event in Los Angeles this upcoming Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jane was one of the world’s first female experts on primates, beginning her career by making a trip to Kenya to visit a friend in 1957 and connecting with palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist Louis Leakey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Leakey helped Jane secure funding to study at Cambridge during the 1960s … and, she became a preeminent expert on chimpanzees by studying them in the forest at Gombe in Tanzania — pointing out how similar their personalities were to that of humans.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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She was the first researcher to publish that primates used tools … when it was previously believed only humans did so. Goodall says she received tremendous backlash for her views because she gave human characteristics to animals.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jane wrote numerous books — both for adult researchers and children — through the years … and, her work was the subject of a series of documentaries, including the critically-acclaimed “Jane” which was drawn from 100 hours of previously unseen footage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 … which has poured tons of resources into conservation and development in Africa since its founding.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Goodall made her mark on pop culture as well … with Stevie Nicks<\/strong><\/a> writing the song “Jane” about her. Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a> awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom just before he left office in January of this year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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