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The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91. Born in London in 1934, Goodall began researching free-living chimpanzees in Tanzania in 1960.…

Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the alcoholic equivalent of a half pint of beer…

September 1, 20252 min readThe Primal Pull of People WatchingOur social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary rootsBy Clarissa Brincat edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Whitworth Images/Getty…

In 1962, with Leakey’s encouragement, despite not possessing an undergraduate degree, she began a PhD based on her exceptionally detailed findings. The same year, the National…