Dataset Statuses
Gombe Dataset Statuses
The following table summarizes the current status of three Gombe chimpanzee datasets including the range of dates each covers, where each is located, and to whom to direct requests for data.
Dataset | Earliest Date | Latest Date | Last updated | Electronic Location | Direct requests to: | Comments |
Endocrine |
1-Sep-06 |
28-Feb-15 |
Jan-16 |
The George Washington University Primate Behavioral Ecology Lab |
CM |
Values from pre 2009 may be questionable. Any later samples that need checking are flagged in the 'Issues need checking column' and highlighted in yellow. Physical samples are located at The Lincoln Park Zoo and The Jane Goodall Institute Gombe Stream Research Center. |
Gombe Chimp Database (Duke) |
3-Jan-73 |
30-Nov-14 |
Jan-16 |
The Jane Goodall Institute Research Center at Duke University |
General requests: AP GWU affiliates: CM |
Not all tables are current through Nov-2014. See database handbook for specifics. |
Gombe Mother Infant Dataset |
12-Oct-76 |
29-Dec-13 |
Apr-16 |
gombemi.ccas.gwu.edu/gombemiwiki/Main_page |
CM or EVL |
Includes digitized behavioral and group composition data from Oct-1976 to Nov-2013. Does not include twin data, including when twins were siblings. |
- CM: Carson M. Murray, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University
- EVL: Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Department of Psychology and Biological Foundations of Behavior Program, Franklin & Marshall College
- AP: Anne E. Pusey, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
This table was last updated 12-Apr-2016