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Jane Goodall Jane Goodall’s study of the chimpanzees really impacted the way we think about different species. She has been so devoted to learning everything she possibly could about chimpanzees. She has lived with them for a couple years. Goodall didn’t have a perfect child hood she had some setbacks in her young life but that didn’t stop her to become a scientist and discover everything she has done. She has found out so many cool and important things about chimpanzees. Life as a kid for Goodall was really a struggle. She had no dad to help her with her life as a kid and teenager. Goodall’s dad was a really good race

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