Published on : 02 Oct 2025, 7:31 am

Dame Jane Goodall, who many decades ago, set standards in the disciplines of primatology and animal behaviour with her groundbreaking study of chimpanzees using tools in Gombe, Tanzania, passed away on October 1, 2025.

Goodall, who was on a tour of the United States, died of natural causes while in California, according to a statement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Indian primatologists have paid glowing tributes to their legendary counterpart, describing her to Down To Earth (DTE) as a pioneer, a guiding voice and someone who spread a message of commitment and responsibility towards the natural world that humans share the planet with.

Narayan Sharma, Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences at Cott

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