The famous ethologist and defender of British animal welfare, DRA. Jane Goodallhe died this October 1 to the 91 years while I was in USA. Was recognized for his investigation of the Chimpanzees.
The news was confirmed by the non -profit organization that bears his name, the Institute Jane Goodall Institute.
«The Jane Goodall Institute received this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the news of the Death due to natural causes by Dr. Jane Goodall Dbe, United Nations Peace Messenger and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. She He was in California as part of his conference tour in the United States«, They announced through an Instagram message.
For more than 60 yearsGoodall studied the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees.
The woman was a Frérra Defender of Animals. In addition, he was dedicated to fighting for the conservation of the environment.
The ethologist, next to a chimpanzee called Pola, in 2004. Photo: Ap Photo/Bela Szandelszky.«Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as Etologist They revolutionized scienceand it was a tireless defender of the protection and restoration of our natural world«The Jane Goodall Institute defined it.
The ethologist was born on April 3, 1934 in London, according to His official biography. After the Second World Warhe grew up in a family home in the city of Bournemouth (England).
«There lived his childhood and youth, surrounded by animals And dreaming about writing about animals in Africa«, was reported through its official website.
How did his job with the chimpanzees begin
When I had 23 yearshe traveled to Africa and thus began his dream. At that time, it flew to Kenia And he started working with the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey.
In 1960Leakey entrusted Goodall to challenging mission: investigate for the first time the wild chimpanzees of Tanzania.
Therefore, the ethologist settled in the African country and its research project began. This work, initiated by her in the 60s, continues today from the hand of researchers and attendees of her institute.
Goodall, in the company of Primate Tess, in 1997. Photo: AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File.«Are perseverance, intuition, empathy and observation capacity allowed bring to light the hitherto unknown world of chimpanzeesrevealing its instrumental behavior, social structure, fodder, hunting, war between groups, altruism, dominance, cannibalism, parenting and adoption, among many other aspects, «he clarified in his official site.
«¿Working with chimpanzees taught him something about humans? «Asked a good journalist in 2019 during a Interview for The New York Times.
Given that consultation, the ethologist replied: «That We were very arrogant to think that we are so different. Chimpanzees not only seem a lot to us in behaviorbut also biologicallyal Share 98.6 percent of DNA. We are not different from the animal kingdom. We are part of him. «
