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Excerpt from an article by Dorothy S. Greene published in Natural History in July-August 1921

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"Because of many characteristics similar to those of the human race, the gorilla is of especial interest for scientific research and for exhibition purposes, and this particular species of ape, always scarce and limited to a comparatively small area, is rapidly coming extinct. If Mr. Akeley is able to secure specimens from which the life history of the gorilla can be studied and told in scientific records and in a habitat group, he will have performed another great service for science. […] This long journey […] will be most advantageous in that it affords an opportunity for a general survey of South Africa and for the collection of data invaluable in the planning of the African Hall. An exact and detailed knowledge of African life in all phases is required for the execution of animal groups and also for the series of bas-relief panels in bronze which will be placed in a frieze above the floor groups and along the balcony to illustrate the life of native tribes of Africa in their relations with wild and domestic animals. With the aid of a motion picture camera, which Mr. Akeley has designed especially for his work in the field and which facilitates wild animal photography, because it can be operated noiselessly and in dark places, he will be able to add greatly to the fund of information gathered on three previous African expeditions."

Greene, Dorothy S. “Carl E. Akeley Again Penetrates the African Jungle.” Natural History 21, no. 4 (July-August 1921): 429-430.

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