Jane Goodall Apologizes for Plagiarizing Wikipedia

In an age when research is easier than ever and entire sentences can be copied and pasted without second thought, even the most venerable nonfiction writers can find themselves accused of plagiarism.

That's appears to be the case with noted author and naturalist Jane Goodall, who was forced to apologize this week after a Washington Post investigation found Goodall's latest book contained more than a dozen passages copied from multiple websites, including Wikipedia.

The passages all appear in Goodall's latest book, Seeds of Hope, which was cowritten by Gail Hudson, a writer and researcher who has contributed to two of Goodall's other books in the past. The passages in question range from short phrases to whole sentences.