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csziggy

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2. Remember, Goodall got her funding by knowing Louis Leakey
Sun Sep 21, 2014, 01:56 AM
Sep 2014

She had no degree at all until after she began her research under Leakey's auspices. He sent her to Cambridge where she got her PhD without ever earning a Bachelor's degree.

So Goodall really has no complete advanced education. She went directly to her major field of interest without the background that most PhDs get with their undergraduate educations. While she is very knowledgeable in her specialty she has little structured knowledge in any other field.

I admire her greatly, but only for her field research and ability to keep at it for so long.

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