Leakey encouraged jane to pursue her phd in ethology at cambridge, and to obtain funding from national geographic Without having first possessed an undergraduate degree. Jane goodall has passed away at age 91
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Her death leaves an immeasurable void in the scientific community and in our hearts
Jane’s scientific career began in 1960, when louis leakey, who recognized her extraordinary potential, sent her to gombe to study wild chimpanzees
The discoveries she made there. Thanks to a trip to kenya in her early 20s, goodall met louis leakey, who saw her passion for animals and ability to observe them as her biggest asset. When it came to choosing three people whom he’d send to live with the great apes, legendary paleoanthropologist louis leakey picked three women — very consciously, according to jane goodall. Jane goodall left school at age 18
She went to africa, where she began assisting paleontologist and anthropologist louis leakey In 1965 she earned a ph.d In ethology from the university of cambridge She was one of the very few candidates who received a ph.d
