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Jane Goodall
a woman who redefined man
By Peterson, Dale
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39585-405-1
- Publisher
- Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Jane Goodall�s discovery in 1960 that chimpanzees in the wild use crude tools meant that ability could no longer be considered a unique and defining characteristic of human beings. Today, as a writer and speaker, she is something akin to a cult icon. As her colleague and former collaborator (Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People ), Peterson had access to a body of personal letters, conversations, and first-person accounts that enabled him to develop an empathy for his subjec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
