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The beloved primatologist and bestselling author returns to the research station she made famous, reporting on what the chimpanzees of Tanzania's Gombe region have taught us after forty-five years of observation?and what the future holds for their dangerously imperiled habitat. Nearly a half century ago, Jane Goodall enchanted the world through her pioneering work with the chimpanzees of Gombe in western Tanzania. She also set in motion an unprecedented program through which researchers could collect data on the region's chimp families. Celebrating the fruits of these labors, Return to Gombe captures Dr. Goodall's homecoming. Endearing profiles of the chimps are interspersed with intriguing new findings about all aspects of their lives, from family dynamics and power struggles to neurology and motor skills. Dr. Goodall also raises our awareness of new ecological challenges facing primates, not only in Africa, but throughout the world. Full of eye-opening facts, affectionate anecdotes, and arresting photographs, Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe brings us back to the legendary community that started it all.

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Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees represents one of the Western world's great scientific achievements. (Stephen Jay Gould)

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