Editing Louis Leakey (section)

==The Trimates==
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One of Louis's legacies stems from his role in fostering field research of [[primate]]s in their natural habitats, which he understood as key to unraveling the mysteries of [[human evolution]]. He personally chose three female researchers, [[Jane Goodall]], [[Dian Fossey]], and [[Birutė Galdikas]], calling them [[The Trimates]].<ref name="The Vanishing Man of the Forest"/><ref>Morell, Virginia, "Called 'Trimates,' Three Bold Women Shaped Their Field", ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', Vol. 260, 16 April 1993, pp. 420–425.</ref> Each went on to become an important scholar in the field of primatology, immersing themselves in the study of [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorilla]]s and [[orangutan]]s, respectively. Leakey also encouraged and supported many other PhD candidates, most notably from Cambridge University. Louis believed that women were better at studying primates than men, as shown in the book ''Primates.''