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Profiles the work of Dian Fossey who dedicated her life to studying and protecting the mountain gorillas of central Africa and examines her efforts to establish a research center at Karisoke, her struggles against a hostile Rwandan government and poachers, and her determination to bring international attention to the plight of the gorilla.
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Jim Ottaviani presents an account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. These three researchers were all students of Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology -- and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an accessible look at the field of...
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