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After a life spent studying our closest relatives, and arguing passionately for their protection and that of the wider planet of which they are a part, Jane Goodall (1934-2025) by the end of her life enjoyed a deserved and virtually universal acclaim. The road to that pinnacle of public esteem, however, was anything but certain. Her childhood was a prolonged yet curious idyll. Calling herself the Red Admiral, she organized her friends into a makeshift nature enthusiast group,