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In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
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In the Shadow of Man

by Jane Goodall

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Mariner Books (2000), Edition: Revised, Paperback, 304 pages

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Really interesting how similar chimps and humans are, and how cruel humans are.
  develynlibrary | Dec 17, 2008 |
Behavior/Chimpanzees/Gombe Stream National Park/Human-animal relationships/Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology/Nature / Field Guide Books/Research & Methodology/Science/Science/Mathematics/Tanzania/Science / Methodology
  Budz888 | Jun 1, 2008 |
Goodall's account of her initiation into the world of ethology is extraordinary. With the support of her mother and mentor, Louis Leakey, she spent months in the jungle of Tanzania following a band of chipmanzees in the Gombe region. Her observations showed that chimps use tools and hunt for meat, which was, at the time, a radical departure from what was known. Jane Goodall's observations and anecdotes make for an extremely readable book, allowing a deep look into the remarkable lives of chimps David Graybeard, Flo, Flint, and the others.
  swanroad | Jul 20, 2006 |
This early book by the extraordinary Jane Goodall is a fascinating first look at chimp behavior. It is one of those rare scientific accounts that is at once accessible and detailed. Goodall weaves together the early observations of the scientists working at Gombe with her own reactions to the things they were learning and the happenings they observed in the chimp community near their station. Highly recommended, and I'm heading out today to pick up the sequel, Through a Window. ( )
  tessone | Jun 4, 2006 |
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This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries she made as she got to know the chimps and they got to know her. This paperback edition, illustrated with 80 photographs, includes an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould and a postscript by Goodall. During Goodall's forty years of studying chimpanzees, she has become one of the world's most honored scientists. She tells of the later years in THROUGH A WINDOW, also available in Mariner paperback. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LETTERS tells the story, through her letters, of childhood through the early years at Gombe.

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