The pioneer zoologist and animal rights activist Jane Goodall died, according to a statement from the Jane Goodall Institute, who said she learned her death on Wednesday morning.
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Goodall died for natural causes, according to the Institute, founded by the researcher in 1977 to support her work studying the chimpanzees.
Goodall was on a conferences tour in California at the time of his death, the institute said.
The zoologist had programmed appearances in Los Angeles on October 3 and in Washington, DC, on October 7.
Cita Crucial
Goodall’s last comment in his conversation with Forbes was a call to action: “Think that today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, every day they will have some kind of impact. They think and wisely choose what kind of impact they will have.”
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Goodall had no formal scientific training when she began studying Chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, in the 1960s. He also obtained his doctorate in Ethology at the University of Cambridge without first having a degree, an unusual feat.
Key history
In the 1960s, Goodall discovered the ability of chimpanzees to manufacture and use tools, a feature that was previously believed exclusive to humans. He also discovered that the apes were omnivorous and non -vegetarian, which means that they ate both plants and animals.
Goodall studied and made new discoveries about the links between mothers and children among chimpanzees, how chimpanzees and the ability of animals to show empathy. Goodall founded his institute in 1977 to support Chimpanzees research and, in 1991, founded Roots & Shoots, an educational organization designed to involve students and young people in conservation and climate issues.
It was appointed Messenger of the United Nations Peace in 2002, an unusual distinction granted only to 12 people, including the Pakistani activist for the education of women Malala Yousafzai and Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho.
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