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Primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91

Rob Beschizza
Oct 01, 2025
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Jane Goodall, famed for more than 60 years of work studying chimpanzees, died today in Los Angeles. She was 91 years old. Goodall first headed to Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park in 1960, and much of what we know of our closest relatives on Earth we know thanks to her. Now, decades later, her field of science is o…

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