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Jane Goodall

When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is not hard science. There's room for intuition.

Jane Goodall

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In 1960, scientists focused on studying behaviors common to an entire species rather than unique traits of individual animals. Jane Goodall highlights that because animal behavior isn’t strictly precise like other sciences, researchers can rely on intuition to understand it better.

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