In the Shadow of Man

by Goodall, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780618056767
• ISBN10: 0618056769
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-21
• Publisher: Mariner Books

Summary

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries she made as she got to know the chimps and they got to know her. This paperback edition, illustrated with 80 photographs, includes an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould and a postscript by Goodall. During Goodall's forty years of studying chimpanzees, she has become one of the world's most honored scientists. She tells of the later years in THROUGH A WINDOW, also available in Mariner paperback. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LETTERS tells the story, through her letters, of childhood through the early years at Gombe.

Author Biography

Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when Louis Leakey sent her to Tanzania in 1960 to study chimpanzees. She later received a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and has become one of the world's most honored scientists and writers. Jane Goodall's research on chimpanzees has been described by Stephen Jay Gould as "one of the Western world's great scientific achievements." Her books include the recent REASON FOR HOPE, IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, and THROUGH A WINDOW. She is the co-author with Dale Peterson of VISIONS OF CALIBAN. She resides in Tanzania.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Revised Edition	v
Stephen Jay Gould
Foreword	ix
David A. Hamburg
Acknowledgments	xii
Beginnings	1	(12)
Early Days	13	(11)
First Observations	24	(14)
Camp Life	38	(14)
The Rains	52	(12)
The Chimps Come to Camp	64	(15)
Flo's sex Life	79	(10)
The Feeding Station	89	(12)
Flo and her Family	101	(11)
The Hierarchy	112	(19)
The Growth of the Research Center	131	(15)
The Infant	146	(15)
The Child	161	(12)
The Adolescent	173	(11)
Adult Relationships	184	(13)
Baboons and Predation	197	(17)
Death	214	(11)
Mother and Child	225	(14)
In the Shadow of Man	239	(14)
Man's Inhumanity	253	(5)
Family Postscript	258	(29)
APPENDIXES
A. Stages of Development	271	(2)
B. Facial Expressions and Calls	273	(4)
C. Weapon and Tool Use	277	(4)
D. Diet	281	(3)
E. Chimpanzee and Human Behavior	284	(3)
Bibliography	287	(4)
Index	291