People have assumed that, because I stayed on at Gombe, having a child made little difference: “How lucky that you could raise a child and carry on with your work at the same time.” It was not so. I stopped following the chimps—the students and field staff did that. I merely administered the research station. And spent time being a mother. There were times when I felt a deep sadness and sense of loss for those days when I roamed the forests, alone with the chimpanzees.
