Lives Less Ordinary

Jane Goodall: In her own words


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This extra edition of Lives Less Ordinary is to remember the remarkable conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall, who has died at 91. The life she lived alongside great apes revolutionised the way we see them – and ourselves.

It was 65 years ago that a young Jane left England to travel to the Gombe Stream National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganika. She was there to observe chimps in their natural habitat – and her discoveries were game-changing. It was the first time anyone had seen a non-human animal using tools – forcing a rethink of our relationship to them, the natural habitat, and what it is to be human.
In this revealing interview from 2016 she talks about how her work was embedded in a lifelong fascination with creatures great and small.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen

Producers: June Christie and Edgar Maddicott

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