Primatologists

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.

Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist conservationist (1946–2026)

American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies

Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)

Australian anthropologist (1942-2017)

Ugandan scientist

German zoologist and anthropologist (1840–1911)

British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist

American anthropologist and primatologist

British Primatologist

Spanish primatologist (1922–2009)

group of women dedicated to the study of primates (Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas)

Japanese anthropologist (1902-1992)

Dutch primatologist

psychologist

Dutch primatologist

American ecologist

US primatologist and biological anthropologist

British anthropologist and anatomist (1901-1975)

Japanese primatologist

Japanese zoologist, children's writer, doctor of science (1924–2021)

Cuban naturalist (1862-1930)

German zoologist

Canadian conservationist

Malagasy primatologist and paleontologist (1938-2005)

primatologist (1958–2016)

Chilean primatologist

French primatologist (1927-2002)

British primatologist, paleoanthropologist, and physician (1917–1987)

French/Swiss primatologist (1951–2024)

South African conservationist

American anthropologist

Japanese primatologist (1926-2001)

Japanese scientist (1941–2011)