For Jane Goodall, that 2014 embrace with a rescued chimp called Wounda at her institute's sanctuary in the Republic of Congo was yet another vindication of her life's work.

The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.

Accepted by chimps on the shores of Lake Tanganyika as a ‘peculiar, white-skinned ape’, she discovered that they ate meat and made tools

For Jane Goodall, that 2014 embrace with a rescued chimp called Wounda at her institute's sanctuary in the Republic of Congo was yet another vindication of her life's work.

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice…

Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection

Goodall's immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human.