Sisters of the Jungle
The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates

4.5⭐️ An excellent non-fiction audiobook. Interesting information told through storytelling with an excellent narrator. Sisters of the jungle details, the female history of primatology and details the advances in the field, famous female pioneers, like Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey put forth along wit......more

Everyone has heard of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, but how about Biruté Galdikas, Alison Jolly and Keriann McGoogan, the author of this amazing book? They are all strong, resourceful, remarkable women who have devoted their lives to the study of primates. McGoogan explores their careers and persona......more

This book is essentially a series of short biographies of the six pioneers in the study of nonhuman primates. In the introduction, McGoogan, herself a primatologist, wonders why so many women have been drawn to study nonhuman primates. She focuses on the six pioneer researchers, each of whom conducte......more

This book was both a series of biographies of 6 female primatologists and a study into why woman dominate this field of research, a rarity in science. Keriann McGoogan tells the stories of Jane Goodall (chimpanzees), Dian Fossey (gorillas), Birute Galdikas (orangutans), Jeanne Altman (baboons), Sara......more

When it comes to STEM programs, women are almost always in a small minority. Primatology, on the other hand, is the opposite with women making up a large majority. In Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates, Kieran McGoogan, author, Phd in Biological Anthr......more