Explore Tanzania's Gombe National Park through the eyes of Dr. Jane Goodall

From Official Google Africa Blog Thu Oct 30 2014, 14:55:00

In July 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall stepped off the boat in what is now Gombe National Park, Tanzania with a pair of second-hand binoculars and a notepad. She was 26 years old, and was there to observe and record the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild. This summer, after four planes and a boat ride, I took my first (wobbly) steps onto the shores of Lake Tanganyika. I was about to walk the same paths that Dr. Goodall tread to do her groundbreaking research into the lives of chimpanzees. And now--thanks to a Google Maps partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute and Tanzania National Parks--so can you.

We were invited to Gombe National Park to capture a record of this historic place, where today the Jane Goodall Institute manages the longest-running chimpanzee research study in the world. It was here that Dr. Goodall first witnessed chimpanzees fishing for termites using a blade of grass as a tool to dig them out of their mounds. Using tools was an act previously believed to be unique to humans. Her observations revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzees--animals that share 98 percent of our DNA--and redefined the very notion of "human." More than 50 years later, protecting chimpanzees and ...

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