Dame Jane Morris Goodall is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN
Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees,
Goodall is best known for her 55-year study of social and family interactions
of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. She is the founder
of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and she has
worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She has served on
the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996.
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