珍妮·古道尔——动物权利活动家

Jane Goodall - Animal Rights Activist 
Born on April 3, 1934, in London, England, Jane Goodall set out to Tanzania in 1960 to study wild chimpanzees. She immersed herself in their lives, bypassing more rigid procedures to make discoveries about primate behavior that have continued to shape scientific discourse. A highly respected member of the world scientific community, she advocates for ecological preservation through the Jane Goodall Institute.
珍妮·古道尔1934年4月3日出生于英国伦敦,1960年,她前往坦桑尼亚研究野生黑猩猩。她全身心投入黑猩猩的生活,绕过了更为严格的程序,发现了有关灵长类动物行为的重要信息,这些发现至今仍影响着科学界的讨论。作为世界科学界备受尊敬的一员,她通过珍妮·古道尔研究会倡导生态保护。
tags: 传记 自然 科学
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    [1] Jane Goodall was interested in the outdoors since childhood, but it was one toy she received as a toddler that would send her on her life's path: a stuffed animal, a chimp named Jubilee.

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    [2] Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall was born on April 3rd, 1934, in London, England. While staying on a farm at age 4, she hid for hours in a hen house just to see how hens lay eggs, while her worried family called police to report her missing.

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    [3] It was after reading The story of Dr. Dolittle at age 8 when she knew she just had to get to Africa.

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    [4] At age 12, she founded her own nature club, the Alligator Society. Members were required to identify 10 dogs, 10 trees, 10 birds, and five butterflies or moths.

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    [5] In May 1956, a friend invited her to visit the family farm in Kenya. Jane waitressed to earn the round-trip boat fare. She arrived in Africa in April 1957.

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    [6] While there, she met famed anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey. He hired Jane as his secretary and set her up to study chimpanzees in Tanzania.

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    [7] In 1960, Jane arrived at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in western Tanzania with her mother as her chaperone.

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    [8] At first, the chimps ran whenever they saw her, but she was persistent. Eventually, they allowed her to get closer to them.

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    [9] Jane observed chimpanzee behavior that was previously unknown, such as hunting and eating meat, as well as the use of tools.

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    [10] After hearing of Jane's discoveries, Dr. Leakey said, "Now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as humans."

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    [11] In 1963, National Geographic published an article about Jane for the first time. They had sent a photographer, Hugo van Lawick, to document Jane's life.

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    [12] Hugo became part of Jane's life. They were married in 1964 and had a son in 1967.

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    [13] At Dr. Leakey's urging, Jane got her PhD⁽¹⁾ in ethology from Cambridge University in 1965. She was one of eight people who got a PhD without first getting a bachelor's degree.

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    [14] Work demands took its toll on the marriage, and Jane and Hugo divorced in 1974. Jane married Derek Bryson, the head of the Tanzania National Park, in 1975. He died in 1980.

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    [15] Through Jane's writings, the average person got to know the lives of chimpanzees of Gombe. When one chimp, Old Flo, died in 1972, the London Times even printed an obituary.

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    [16] In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to benefit the people in Africa who are living in poverty and to spread the word about conserving animals in nature.

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    [17] Jane has founded several educational programs, including Roots & Shoots, an environmental educational program for young people.

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    [18] In 2002, Jane's work got the attention of the United Nations when then-Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her as United Nations Messenger of Peace. She was reappointed in 2007.

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    珍妮·古道尔(英国生物学家)从小就对户外活动感兴趣,但真正引领她走上人生道路的却是她幼年时收到的一件玩具:一只名叫朱比利的毛绒黑猩猩。

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    瓦莱丽·珍妮·莫里斯-古道尔1934年4月3日出生在英国伦敦。4岁时,她住在一个农场,在鸡舍里躲了几个小时,只是为了看看母鸡是如何下蛋的,当时她担心的家人打电话给警察报告她失踪了。

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    8岁读了《怪医杜立德历险记》后,她觉得自己一定要去非洲。

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    12岁时,她创立了自己的自然俱乐部——鳄鱼协会。参与者被要求辨认出10种狗、10种树、10种鸟和5种蝴蝶或飞蛾。

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    1956年5月,一位朋友邀请她去肯尼亚的家族农场游玩。珍妮靠当服务员挣到了往返的船票钱。1957年4月,她抵达了非洲。

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    在那里,她结识了著名的人类学家路易斯·利基博士。他聘请珍妮做他的秘书,并安排她在坦桑尼亚研究黑猩猩。

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    1960年,珍妮在母亲的陪同下抵达了位于坦桑尼亚西部的贡贝溪黑猩猩保护区。

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    起初,黑猩猩们一见到她就跑开,但她坚持不懈。最终,它们允许她靠近。

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    珍妮观察到了黑猩猩此前不为人知的行为,比如捕猎和吃肉,以及使用工具。

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    在听到珍妮的发现后,利基博士说:“现在我们必须重新定义工具,重新定义人类,否则就接受黑猩猩是人类。”

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    1963年,《国家地理》杂志首次发表了一篇关于珍妮的文章。他们派了摄影师雨果·范·拉维克来记录珍妮的生活。

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    雨果成了珍妮生活的一部分。他们于1964年结婚,1967年生下一子。

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    在利基博士的鼓励下,珍妮于1965年在剑桥大学获得了动物行为学博士学位。她是八位未先取得学士学位就获得博士学位的人之一。

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    工作上的压力给这段婚姻带来了沉重的打击,珍妮和雨果于1974年离婚。1975年,珍妮嫁给了坦桑尼亚国家公园的负责人德里克·布莱森。他于1980年去世。

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    通过珍妮的作品,普通人了解了贡贝黑猩猩的生活。1972年,当一只名叫老弗洛的黑猩猩去世时,《伦敦时报》甚至为其刊登了一篇讣告。

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    1977年,她创立了珍·古道尔研究所,旨在帮助生活在非洲贫困中的人们,并宣传保护自然界的动物。

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    珍妮创立了几个教育项目,包括“根与芽”,一个针对年轻人的环保教育项目。

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    2002年,珍妮的工作引起了联合国的关注,时任联合国秘书长科菲·安南任命她为联合国和平使者。她于2007年再次获得任命。