The Trimates, [1][2] sometimes called Leakey's Angels, [3] were three women – Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, [4] and Biruté Galdikas – chosen by anthropologist Louis Leakey to study …

Leakey refers to the three women researchers jokingly as “the Trimates.” More seriously, they are called the founding mothers of contemporary field primatology.

Jul 14, 2015 · All three of the “trimates” (a term coined by Leakey himself) worked in the most daunting of conditions. The work was arduous and tedious, the climate was unforgiving, there …

One of his lasting legacies is his mentorship of three prominent female primatologists, sometimes called the “Trimates” or “Leakey’s Angels.” Leakey helped Jane Goodall begin her …

Apr 26, 2023 · Fossey actually died during in the field, murdered in her camp in Rwanda. Each of these women — dubbed “the Trimates” — went on to make major discoveries and became …

Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh, Trimates follows two generations of women who transformed primatology and helped expand the possibilities for women in science.

By transforming the primatology, the Trimates — as Fossey, Goodall and Galdikas are known — became role models for countless young women who might not have otherwise pursued science.

Mar 8, 2016 · Living among their respective study species, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas – collectively known as the Trimates – not only reshaped the way that humans …

We owe our understanding of primates to the “Trimates” — three, bold women who paved the way for primate research and conservation.

The Trimates, [1][2] sometimes called Leakey's Angels, [3] is a name given to three women – Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, [4] and Birutė Galdikas – chosen by anthropologist Louis Leakey …