Primatologist Jane Goodall began observing wild chimpanzees at Gombe Stream on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1960, launching what has become the longest continuous field study of any wild animal population in the world. Her findings there transformed scientific understanding of chimpanzee behavior and its similarities to humans.
Record no. MRB-2026-005986
Site of the World's Longest-Running Wild Chimpanzee Study
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