In the Shadow of Man is “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements” (Stephen Jay Gould) and a vivid, essential journey of discovery for each new generation of readers.īuy In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall at Attic books in Nairobi Kenya. As she came to know the chimps as individuals, she began to understand their complicated social hierarchy and observed many extraordinary behaviors, which have forever changed our understanding of the profound connection between humans and chimpanzees. But gradually she won their trust and was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the use-and even the making-of tools, until then believed to be an exclusive skill of man. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania.įor months the project seemed hopeless out in the forest from dawn until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals.

Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe in her first book 'In the Shadow of Man' is one of the most. Throughout her research activities, she learned how to earn the chimps' trust and observe their habits and behaviors. Goodall chronicles her relationships with the chimps.

Goodall's adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Written in 1971, Jane Goodall's work 'In the Shadow of Man' represents a detailed account of Goodall's research activities at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Africa.