- The
Trimates,
sometimes called Leakey's Angels, is a name
given to
three women — Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė
Galdikas —
chosen by anthropologist...
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Leakey to
study great apes in
their natural habitat.
Dubbed by
Leakey "The
Trimates" the trio also
included Jane Goodall, who
studied chimpanzees, and Dian...
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National Park,
becoming the
first of what
would come to be
called The
Trimates. She was
accompanied by her mother,
whose presence was
necessary to satisfy...
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industrialization plant in Chulumani,
which produced and
packaged coca and
trimate tea; the
project was
primarily funded through a $125,000
donation from...
- researchers, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas,
calling them "The
Trimates." Each went on to
become an
important scholar in the
field of primatology...
- the same name.
Fossey was a
leading primatologist, and a
member of the "
Trimates", a
group of
female scientists recruited by
Leakey to
study great apes...
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groups and
gorillas eat
their own dung to
recycle nutrients. The
third "
trimate",
Birute Galdikas,
spent over 12
years becoming habituated to the orangutans...
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minutes each. From 2007 to 2008, he co-wrote and co-directed The Last
Trimate—a one-hour do****entary on the life of Birutė
Galdikas and her pioneering...
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Retrieved October 19, 2022. Morell,
Virginia (April 16, 1993). "Called '
Trimates,'
Three Bold
Women Shaped Their Field". Science. 260 (5106): 420–425. Bibcode:1993Sci...
- California.
Founded by Dr. Birutė Galdikas, one of
three anthropologists (The
Trimates) to
study great apes
under the
guidance of Dr.
Louis Leakey, OFI continues...
