AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was unusual about Jane Goodalls route to obtaining her Doctorate?
A
She did not have a bachelor’s degree
B
She did not attend classes
C
She was over 70
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She went to Africa, where she began assisting paleontologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey. In 1965 she earned a Ph. D. in ethology from the University of Cambridge; she was one of the very few candidates who received a Ph.

Detailed explanation-2: -She worked unconventionally, doing things like giving the chimpanzees names instead of numbers and perceiving the individual personality of each one. She also found that baiting the animals with bananas helped to attract them close enough for her to observe their social behavior and to photograph them.

Detailed explanation-3: -She received her doctorate from Darwin College, Cambridge, in 1965. The couple returned to Tanzania, where she established the Gombe Stream Research Centre. Goodall’s discoveries gained an international audience when the National Geographic television program Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees was broadcast in 1965.

Detailed explanation-4: -Goodall made a discovery in 1960 at the age of 26 that would come to be considered one of the greatest achievements in 20th century scholarship – that chimpanzees make and use tools. Her finding came at a time when it was believed only humans used and made tools, and humans were defined as ‘Man the Tool Maker’.

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