Jane Goodall

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall (3/4/1934-10/1/2025) was an English primatologist and anthropologist and is regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology. She is best known for more than 60 years of filed research on wild Chimpanzee social and family life in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Jane began her work in 1960, and it challenged scientific views by showing that chimpanzees make and use tools, cooperatively hunt, and can display complex emotions and social structures that were once thought unique to humans. She also observed behaviors hugs, kisses, tickling and even pats on the back in her research. Throughout her career, Jane Goodall wrote 32 books, 15 of which were children's books, and was even the subject of over 40 films. She traveled extensively to promote climate action and conservation and was even an honorary member of the World Future Council. Among other honors, she was named a dame commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth the II in 2003 and served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Board Project from 2022 until her death. 

Below is the most recent documentary on Jane Goodall and there are plenty of others on YouTube and National Geographic Channel