The Trimates

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 to study primates in their natural environments. They studied chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, respectively.

  1. ^ Galdikas, Birute Mary (January 6, 2007). "The Vanishing Man of the Forest". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  2. ^ Morell, V (April 16, 1993). "Called "'Trimates,' Three Bold Women Shaped Their Field". Science. 260 (5106): 420–425. Bibcode:1993Sci...260..420M. doi:10.1126/science.260.5106.420. PMID 17838264. S2CID 5060859.
  3. ^ Freeman, Simon, "Inside Story: Money Business in Borneo; Birute Galdikas was seen as conservationist saint in the mould of crusaders like Dian Fossey. Now her jungle idyll is falling apart." The Guardian, January 4, 1994
  4. ^ Dian Fossey "soon became one of the so-called Leakey's Angels, sponsored by" Louis Leakey "to do long-term research in Africa," according to "The Martyrdom of Dian Fossey," LIFE The Most Notorious Crimes in World History (Des Moines: LIFE Books, 2013), 99.