Similarities Between Jane Goodall And Rossey

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Anthropologies Two Greatest Women Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey two of the world’s greatest female’s scientist in anthropology. They both had similar research strategies and techniques, in which both were very successful. But who was more successful anthropologist Fossey or Goodall? In this paper I will discuss both different research strategies used by the anthropologists and why I think Jane Goodall was more successful in her work. I will explore how her achievements have been more beneficial than any other anthropologist in the study of primates. The journal of scientific exploration, Louis leaky argues that, “ women were more patient, more sensitive to mother-infant relations, and less likely to arouse aggression in males. He liked them…show more content…
Her love of animals began at the age of two when she was given a stuffed chimpanzee animal by her mother. As her love for animals began to grow, she had made up in her mind that she wanted to reside in Africa with the animals. Jane took her first trip to Africa at the age of twenty-three, but didn't begin to study chimpanzees until the age of twenty-six when she went to Gombe National Park for the first time (Learning form Chimps…89). One of the ways Jane observed the chimps was to first observe them from a distance. She had to make many observations about the chimps before she could become up close and personal with them. In order for her study to be successful she had to become closer to the chimps so they can feel comfortable and gain her trust (Learning from Chimps 62). She spent years with them observing their behaviors, personalities and emotion. She treated them as if they were part of her family. While studying the chimps she was able to find groundbreaking information that connected chimps to human behavior. She explained her observation of chimps using twigs as tools to get termites out of trees. This was evolutionary because the humans were the only living creatures thought to use tools. This brought great interest and support to her study. (Learning from Chimps, 162, 169, 173) Because of that simple find she was able to have her research funded and work filmed. That was only the beginning of her career and she spent the majority of her life trying to educate herself and the world of astonishing intelligence of chimpanzees (Learning from Chimps,

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