Jane first set foot at Gombe Stream in 1960. Jane was the first scientist to observe chimpanzees fishing for ants by stripping twigs and poking them through holes in the mounds. She was the first to observe chimpanzees eating meat. They hunted cooperatively, sharing the booty. What she discovered was good mothers raise daughters who in turn become good mothers.
Bad mothers raise daughters who become bad mothers.
Having grown up without a mother and role model, I confess I wasn't a very good one to my daughter in the early years. In the wild I observed female apes doting on their babies, playing with them and behaving as if they were the center of the mother's universe. Jane is now into her 38th year of research. She doesn't spend as much time at Gombe Stream as before. The Tanzanians have taken over much of her field research.