Jane Goodall’s field notes digitized [video]
Posted by staff / March 28, 2011In July 1960, Jane Goodall began meticulously recording the behavior of chimpanzees in Africa. That effort has continued uninterrupted for 50 years, and now the resulting data is being digitized for future generations.
The collection includes all of Goodall’s notes, including her very first observation, along with narratives in English and Swahili, check-sheets, hand-drawn maps, video, and photographs.
“Jane Goodall’s contribution to primate studies simply cannot be overstated,” says Anne Pusey, who began working with Goodall in Africa in 1970 and will oversee the project housed at Duke University. “She helped establish a new way of studying animals in the wild, and inspired countless others to follow in her footsteps. We’re delighted to have Dr. Goodall visiting us to see what we’re doing with her data, and to meet with the students and faculty who are making the work she started even more valuable.”
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