


Goodall was thrilled to accept the position of assistant secretary there and accompanied Leakey on paleontological digs in the Olduvai Gorge.

Friends in Kenya introduced her to British anthropologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey, the curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Nairobi. She yearned to see African wildlife and worked as a secretary in the UK to save money for a trip. Chimpanzees are not so much the shadow of man as our mirror, only slightly blurred by the mists of time' Stephen Jay Gould 33.This study guide refers to the Kindle edition of the book.Ĭhapters 1 and 2, “Beginnings” and “Early Days,” explain how Goodall first traveled to East Africa in her early twenties. Chimps, as our closest genealogical cousins, hold more of our common evolutionary heritage than any other species can. 'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture.and represents one of the Western world's great scientific achievements. 9780753809471 In the Shadow of Man 33.9000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction/mathematics-science/science /shop/books/non-fiction /shop/books/non-fiction/mathematics-science /shop/books/non-fiction/mathematics-science/science/natural-history /shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference/social-sciences /shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference Jane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. Chimpanzees are not so much the shadow of man as our mirror, only slightly blurred by the mists of time' Stephen Jay Gould Jane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. Chimps, as our closest genealogical cousins, hold more of our common evolutionary heritage.
