In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1973, the legendary primatologist Dian Fossey tells the story of the early years of her groundbreaking mountain gorilla research.
Show Notes
The Leakey Foundation is 50 years old this year, and we’re celebrating this milestone by sharing rare, previously unreleased lectures from the Foundation’s archive. These talks are like a time capsule that lets you hear from scientists in their own words and in their own voices - as they were making the discoveries that made them famous.
The second lecture in this "From the Archive" series is by Dian Fossey, the legendary primatologist who was sent by Louis Leakey to study the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. She gave this Leakey Foundation lecture in 1973, only six years after she started the Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Mountains.
In this talk, she describes what it was like to establish the Karisoke research center, and she shares what she’d learned so far about their lives and behavior.
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Credits
Host and Series Producer: Meredith Johnson
Sound Engineer/Mix: Katie McMurran
Theme Music: Henry Nagle
Additional Music:
Lee Rosevere "Tech Toys"
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Episode 35: From the Archive - Raymond Dart
Episode 34: From the Archive - Margaret Mead
Episode 32: From the Archive - Carl Sagan
Episode 31: The Four Year War
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