Jane Goodall Instagram – Jane Goodall taught us so much about the complex social lives of chimpanzees, particularly between mothers and their young. Her mother-infant study, which first began in the 1960s, continues to be a cornerstone of our research at Gombe National Park — once the site of Jane’s groundbreaking discoveries, and now home to the longest-running wild chimpanzee study.
Thanks to Jane, the mother-infant study has continued through FIVE generations of chimpanzees, known as the “G family”:
It began with Melissa, whose attention and care led her son Goblin to become alpha male at the young age of only fourteen. 👑
Melissa’s daughter, Gremlin, became the first chimpanzee mother known to raise twins — Golden and Glitter — to adulthood. 💚
Golden — now dominating the hierarchy with her mother and sisters — went on to have children of her own: Ghurubu and Glama. 🤝
Glama now continues this “G Family’s” legacy. Just this summer, she gave birth to her own baby — the start of a new generation. 🌱
Our ability to watch this family grow is all thanks to Jane. Dr. Elizabeth Lonsdorf @elolonsdorf, one of Gombe Stream Research Center (GSRC)’s principal investigators, puts it best:
“Through Jane’s persistence and insistence and determination, and all the folks on the ground at GSRC that worked with her, that is why we are able to ask these questions that I am now asking. It’s a remarkable gift that [Jane] has left us.” It’s a gift we don’t intend to waste.
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📸 credits:
1 2: Hugo van Lawick
3 4: Stephano Lihedule
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