Meet Jane Goodall’s Famous Chimpanzees Through Google Street View

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Retrace the primatologist’s steps deep into the Tanzanian forest where she made the discoveries that redefined our understanding of wildlife.

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October 26, 2014 By Kristina Bravo

Kristina Bravo is Assistant Editor at TakePart.

ne Goodall had little more than a notebook and binoculars when she spotted a chimpanzee strip the leaves from a blade of grass and use it to dig termites out of the ground. In 1960, that was a revolutionary discovery—scientists still thought humans were the only species to make tools.

We’re left to imagine what that discovery looked like—Goodall didn’t catch the moment on film. But here’s the next best thing: a Google Street View that lets you explore Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, home of the communities of chimpanzees Goodall made famous.

Users get to glimpse Goodall’s house; retrace her footsteps during her groundbreaking study; and spot Glitter, Gossamer, Google, and other chimpanzees—descendants of those she made famous—living there today. (Here’s a tip: zoom into the trees).

The Jane Goodall Institute, an international conservation nonprofit that the primatologist founded in 1977, worked with Google Earth Outreach to realize the project. Members from both teams travelled to Tanzania in May to map the 20-square-mile Gombe Stream National Park. They carried “trekkers” with them—the same cameras Google mounts to cars to create Street View.

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