British conservationist and animal researcher Jane Goodall has died of natural causes on Wednesday (October 1), the Jane Goodall Institute confirmed. She was in California at the time, on a US speaking tour.

Renowned for identifying human-like behaviours among chimpanzees, Goodall also served as a UN Messenger of Peace and was an honorary member of the World Future Council.

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Who was Jane Goodall?

Jane Goodall, an English primatologist and anthropologist, was regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on chimpanzees.

Drawn to animals since childhood, she travelled to Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park in 1960, without formal academic training, to study chimpanzees in their natural habitat.

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