Animal cognition writers

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.

American psychologist

American anthropologist (1818–1881)

American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist

Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)

German forester and author

American physician (1915-2001)

American psychologist and scholar (1871-1939)

British psychologist, originator of Morgan's canon (1852-1936)

scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition

British biologist

British science communicator and journalist

American ornithologist (1904-2004)

American zoologist (1915–2003)

Australian philosopher

American writer and activist

American philosopher (1943-2021)

Scottish naturalist (1861–1933)

American psychologist

American biologist

(1874-1932) German psychologist

Italian philosopher

American conservationist and zoologist (1854–1937)

American ornithologist

American anthropologist and author

naturalist and author

British ornithologist and writer

American psychologist

American biologist (1955-)

American scholar (1831–1917)

philosopher

American philosopher

Australian neurobiologist

(1962-) ethologist, biologist

veterinarian and author

American biologist

British ethologist

British biologist

American biologist

American philosopher

American psychologist

American anthropologist and primatologist