**World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr.
Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe
is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever
written.
**Dr. Goodall's adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis
Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might
shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied
by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the
remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania.
For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the forest from dawn
until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. 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. 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.
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.
