Communicating with Homo sapiens
Robert Sibley, The Ottawa Citizen
Kevin Van Paassen, Canwest News Service
Jane Goodall well remembers when she discovered another world. Nearly 50 years ago, she was just beginning the study of African chimpanzees that would make her famous and redefine the way we view animals.
Goodall speaks Monday in Ottawa at a sold-out pre-festival event for the Ottawa Writers Festival as part of its global perspectives series. Goodall gained world-wide fame with a 1971 book, In the Shadow of Man, that detailed her years of studying chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, and showed that chimpanzees use twigs and stones as tools, engage in rituals, and have feelings of love and grief — just like humans.
Full Article on the Ottawa Citizen website: Communicating with Homo sapiens
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