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 |
26-Aug-13 |
Jan-14 |
The Jane Goodall Institute |
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. |
Gombe Chimp Database (Duke) |
3-Jan-73 |
31-Aug-13 |
Dec-13 |
The Jane Goodall Institute Research Center at Duke University |
General requests: AP GWU affiliates: CM |
Not all tables are current through Aug-2013. See database handbook for specifics. |
Gombe Mother Infant Dataset |
12-Oct-76 |
29-Jun-11 |
Sep-13 |
gombemi.ccas.gwu.edu/gombemiwiki/Main_page |
CM or EVL |
Includes digitized behavioral and group composition data from Oct-1976 to Jun-2011. Does not include data collected by MH from 06-Jun-2009 to 28-Oct-2009 and 24-May-2010 to 30-Oct-2010. Also does not include twin data, including when twins were siblings, or follows of a female with an infant other than her own. |
- CM: Carson M. Murray, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid 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
- Page last updated 8-May-2014