Voices of Gombe: Magical Moments
Voices of Gombe: Magical Moments This July 14, we’re celebrating both 🔗 World Chimpanzee Day and the 65 th anniversary of research at what is now Gombe National Park. But how do you capture the wonder of 65 years of ongoing studies? To quote Dr. Jane Goodall, the best way to get to the heart is with stories. In our last segment, we introduced you to some of the 🔗 great minds of Gombe research. Now, learn what has inspired them throughout their connection to Gombe. From tool use to new species, Gombe has brought us so much new knowledge on local wildlife. One scientist had a different favorite insight. “My favorite insight, or the one that still wows me, was when I did finish the genetics from my dissertation. I looked at the [red-tailed monkeys, the blue monkeys], and the hybrids for these different genetic markers, to try to understand the history of the relationship between the two species, about the hybridization. What was so exciting and surprising was that all the blue monkeys …
