Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

female, 75 years old
Dame Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace, (born April 3, 1934) is an English primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is...
Frans de Waal

Frans de Waal

male, 61 years old
Frans B.M. de Waal (born 1948, the Netherlands) was trained as a zoologist and ethologist in the European tradition at three Dutch universities...
Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

female, deceased (1985) (San Francisco, California, United States)
Dian Fossey (January 16, 1932 - December 27, 1985) was an American Zoologist who completed an extended study of several gorilla groups. She...
Patricia Wright

Patricia Wright

female
Patricia Wright, a conservationist and leading lemur expert, is currently a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the State University of...
Richard Wrangham

Richard Wrangham

male
Richard Wrangham is a British primatologist. He is a Professor in Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His primary studies include...
Marc van Roosmalen

Marc van Roosmalen

male, 62 years old
Dr. Marc van Roosmalen (1947) is a Dutch primatologist living in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. He was elected as one of the Heroes of the Planet...

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

female
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a primatologist most famous for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their apparent use of "Great...
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

female, 63 years old
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (note: "Hrdy" is Czech for "proud") (born July 11, 1946) is a U.S. anthropologist and primatologist who has made several major...
Roger Fouts

Roger Fouts

male, 66 years old
Roger Fouts (born June 8, 1943) is an American primate researcher. He is co-director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) in...

Alison Jolly

female
Alison Jolly is a primatologist. She has written several books for both popular and scientific audiences and conducted extensive fieldwork on...