Chimpanzees making tools observed

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4 November, 1960

Dr. Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees making tools on 4th November 1960. This was the first observation of such activity in non-human animals. Jane Goodall had arrived at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania on 14th July 1960 to study chimpanzee behaviour in the wild.