Gombe

/ ˈɡɒmbeɪ /

noun

1. a state of Nigeria, in the NE. Capital: Gombe. Pop: 2 353 879(2006). Area: 18 768 sq km (7246 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Jane Goodall, an iconic figure in conservation whose work transformed human-animal relations, is perhaps best known for the trailblazing research she carried out with chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park, in what is now Tanzania.

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The anecdote speaks both to Goodall’s truly iconic status and to her unfussy, unbureaucratic and highly adaptable personality, which made her so well-suited to the work she did at Gombe.

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In 1960, during her first year at Gombe, Goodall observed a chimpanzee she called David Greybeard carefully strip a twig of leaves and use it to root out tasty termites from a mound.

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At Gombe, where she established a research center in 1965 and helped train generations of primate researchers and ecologists, Goodall made minutely detailed observations of daily interactions between chimps, many of them strongly reminiscent of human behavior.

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It took two years for Leakey to secure funding for Goodall, but eventually she and her equally intrepid mother set up camp in what was then known as the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

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