observations in great detail, specifically showing which chimpanzees did what. In one specific case she states how David Graybeard, one of the chimpanzees in her book, is the first of many sightings of the chimpanzees making and using tools. " ...on several occasions they picked small leafy twigs and prepared them for use by stripping off the leaves." (1, Goodall) Jane Goodall records during one of her first sightings.
After observing and noting specifically how the chimpanzee makes and uses the tool Goodall notices that he also proceeds to modify the tool. Then after awaiting David Graybeard to leave she went to his previous location to look over the data, and even tests the technique for herself and finds it to be very successful. In many other circumstances Goodall gathers data to help further her research. She also includes her first research assistant with the first incidences of dung-swirling. They did this by washing the chimpanzees dung to find out what food they were eating. By doing this they found the seeds or stones of fruit, as she describes them, the chimpanzees ate. This is an example of empirical data because she uses the droppings to the advanceme
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