51: The Trimates

Charlie’s Angels, The Powerpuff Girls, Destiny’s Child - three amazing groups of women. This week, we’re talking about a trio that trumps them all (at least in primatology). In this triptych, we tell the stories of three women who pushed their field farther than anyone else in history. This is the story of the Trimates - Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė GaldikasYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References and Further Reading https://science.sciencemag.org/content/260/5106/420 https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/she-walks-with-apes https://www.biography.com/scientist/jane-goodall https://www.biography.com/scientist/louis-leakey https://www.biography.com/scientist/dian-fossey https://drbirute.wordpress.com/bio/ https://blog.rsb.org.uk/orangutans-birute-galdikas/ https://orangutan.org/about/dr-birute-mary-galdikas/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-quest-to-save-the-orangutan-70378473/ https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/magazine/leakeys-last-angel.html https://leakeyfoundation.org/about/history/ Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk