Women 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.

American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)

Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist conservationist (1946–2026)

Ugandan scientist

American anthropologist and primatologist

American Primatologist

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

psychologist

American ecologist

German zoologist

Cuban naturalist (1862-1930)

American primatologist

Malagasy primatologist and paleontologist (1938-2005)

American biologist, researcher, and professor

Chilean primatologist

American anthropologist, primatologist, demonology

American psychologist

German archeologist and museum director

American anthropologist

American biologist and anthropologist

South African conservationist

American biological anthropologist, primatologist