In the Shadow of Man
A Cultural, Memoir, Science book. At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand...
World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall’s account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. For months the project seemed hopeless; out...
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- Pages: 302 pages
- ISBN: 9780547334165 / 547334168
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At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand his communication of reassurance. The soft pressure of his fingers spoke to me not through my intellect but through a more primitive emotional channel: the barrier of untold centuries which has grown up during the separate evolution of man and chimpanzee was, for those few seconds, broken down.It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes. Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man //
Set in Tanzania, In the Shadow of Man is a mix of factual observations and personal impressions. First and foremost, it dispels the idea that chimpanzees are unintelligent, shallow creatures driven only by their immediate bodily needs. I commend this, and the author deserves credit for killing what was apparently a genuine strain of... Watching the progress of a new science through Goodall's account is fascinating. everyone who thinks we were created special.
