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John Crocker and Jane Goodall in the Gombe forest, 1973.
Young baboon examining leaves in a tree at Gombe. Photo by Grant Heidrich, 1974.
Field assistant Hamisi Mkono guiding me through the valleys after we lost our chimps and began heading back to camp. Photo courtesy of John Crocker, 1974.
Freud with play face grabs Gremlin as Fifi (left) and Melissa rest. Photo by John Crocker, 1973.
A group of Tanzanian women on the road to Bubongo Village. Photo by Thomas Crocker, 2009.
Tommy and me reflecting at Jane’s Peak. Photo by Abdul Ntandu, 2009.
View across the lush valleys of Gombe Stream National Park with Lake Tanganyika to the west. Home now to approximately one hundred chimpanzees. Photo by Grant Heidrich, 1973.
Young chimp taking banana from mother’s mouth. Photo by John Crocker, 2009.
The first chimps Tommy and I suddenly saw on the trail, grooming, on my return trip to Gombe. Photo by John Crocker, 2009.
Grant Heidrich relaxing on the beach at Gombe as one of his subjects sits close by. Photo courtesy of John Crocker, 1974.
Tommy and Abdul on the way to Bubongo Village. Photo by John Crocker, 2009
Chimp mother with infant, being reassured through touch by adult male. Photo copyright © The Jane Goodall Institute / by Hugo van Lawick, 1965.
A gathering of chimps socializing in a tree and surveying the valley. Photo by John Crocker, 1973.
Adult male chimp patrolling from vantage point high above the valley. Photo by Curt Busse, 1974.
A paddler in a wooden boat at sunset brings produce back to his village from the town of Kigoma. Photo by John Crocker, 1973.
Reunion with Hamisi on Gombe Beach after thirty-six years. Photo by Thomas Crocker, 2009
Our group of students and researchers. Back row from left: Curt Busse, Caroline Tutin, Grant Heidrich, Anthony Collins, Julie Johnson, Emilie Bergman Riss, and Jane. Front from left: Jim Moore, Lisa Nowell, and me. Photo courtesy of John Crocker, 1974.
Young chimp swinging through the trees at Gombe. Photo by Grant Heidrich, 1974
Winkle cradling infant Wilkie, who tries to reach out to touch seven-year-old Atlas. Photo by John Crocker, 1973.
Mother and child, taken in Bubongo Village on our visit with Hamisi. Photo by John Crocker, 2009.
Photo Hamisi saved of us from 1973, given to me in 2009 at our reunion. Photo courtesy of John Crocker, 1973.
Gremlin nibbles on termites clinging to a hand-crafted twig that had been inserted and then withdrawn from a hole in a termite mound. Photo copyright © The Jane Goodall Institute / by Jane Goodall.
Field assistant Esilom and me talking about life before setting out to follow chimps. Photo courtesy of John Crocker, 1973.