Jane Goodall is an English Ph.D. in Animal Behaviour and United Nations Messenger of Peace. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, she has spent more than 60 years studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees.
Her observations changed the course of modern science and what was considered to be a human in the 60s. One day she was observing chimp David Greybeard and she discovered that chimpanzees make tools. At that time, humans were defined as tool makers. From that moment, it was needed to redefine humans or accept chimpanzees as humans.
How did Jane get there?
When Jane was a little girl she dreamed of living in Africa observing the animals. She said: “I’m going to grow up and go to Africa, live with wild animals and write books about them”.
Every time she would talk about her dream, everyone would laugh at her.
She was a young girl with no studies, no money, and world war II was raging.
No one believed she could do it but her mum did. Jane’s mother told her: “If you really want something, you’re going to have to work hard, you’ll have to take advantage of every opportunity but don’t give up!”.
Jane’s mother was her big support and the one that accompanied Jane to Africa for her very first 6-month project on Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960.
Jane hasn’t stopped traveling and studying chimpanzees since then.
When Jane started to communicate about her observations and findings, the scientific community was a bit doubtful and did not want to trust a “girl” that hadn’t been formally trained at University.
Jane tells that most of the things she discovered early in her journey were because she actually did not know what was not possible for science.
Scientists didn’t consider it a good practice to name chimps (she should have given them numbers instead), or to say that chimpanzees have personality and to feel empathy for their object of study.
However, Goodall believes that what helped her advance in her social studies in the wild was actually her empathy, her deep connection with the chimps beyond words.
Contrary to what was believed at that time, Jane defends that chimpanzees are capable of feeling a wide range of emotions, including joy, happiness, and empathy. They look out for one another and often provide help when needed. For example, both male and female adults have been observed adopting orphaned chimps in the wild.
This is video footage of chimp Wounda who was released Into New Island Sanctuary Site and was grateful to Dr. Jane and her dedication.
Some years after her journey in Gombe, she was offered a PhD. in Ethology (animal behavior) that she took at Cambridge University.
Dr. Jane has mentioned many times that her work with chimpanzees will end at the moment that she dies. She feels her mission is to be there for the chimps and to pass on the message to preserve the planet.
Moreover, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to protect chimpanzees and inspire others to contribute to making a better world through living a more conscious and socially responsible life.
She encourages us to make ethical decisions every day as she is a firm believer that what we do makes a difference, and we have to decide what kind of difference we want to make. Small actions count to preserve our planet and stop the destruction. We cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around us.
“There is still so much in the world fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering. And so many young people are dedicated to making this a better world. All conspiring to inspire us and to give us hope that it is not too late to turn things around if we all do our part. “
Dr. Jane Goodall
-by Montse Lorente
When Jane was a little girl she dreamed of living in Africa observing the animals. She said: “I’m going to grow up and go to Africa, live with wild animals and write books about them”.
Every time she would talk about her dream, everyone would laugh at her.
She was a young girl with no studies, no money, and world war II was raging.
No one believed she could do it but her mum did. Jane’s mother told her: “If you really want something, you’re going to have to work hard, you’ll have to take advantage of every opportunity but don’t give up!”.
Jane’s mother was her big support and the one that accompanied Jane to Africa for her very first 6-month project on Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960.
Jane hasn’t stopped traveling and studying chimpanzees since then.
When Jane started to communicate about her observations and findings, the scientific community was a bit doubtful and did not want to trust a “girl” that hadn’t been formally trained at University.
Jane tells that most of the things she discovered early in her journey were because she actually did not know what was not possible for science.
Scientists didn’t consider it a good practice to name chimps (she should have given them numbers instead), or to say that chimpanzees have personality and to feel empathy for their object of study.
However, Goodall believes that what helped her advance in her social studies in the wild was actually her empathy, her deep connection with the chimps beyond words.
Contrary to what was believed at that time, Jane defends that chimpanzees are capable of feeling a wide range of emotions, including joy, happiness, and empathy. They look out for one another and often provide help when needed. For example, both male and female adults have been observed adopting orphaned chimps in the wild.
This is video footage of chimp Wounda who was released Into New Island Sanctuary Site and was grateful to Dr. Jane and her dedication.
Some years after her journey in Gombe, she was offered a PhD. in Ethology (animal behavior) that she took at Cambridge University.
Dr. Jane has mentioned many times that her work with chimpanzees will end at the moment that she dies. She feels her mission is to be there for the chimps and to pass on the message to preserve the planet.
Moreover, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to protect chimpanzees and inspire others to contribute to making a better world through living a more conscious and socially responsible life.
She encourages us to make ethical decisions every day as she is a firm believer that what we do makes a difference, and we have to decide what kind of difference we want to make. Small actions count to preserve our planet and stop the destruction. We cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around us.
“There is still so much in the world fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering. And so many young people are dedicated to making this a better world. All conspiring to inspire us and to give us hope that it is not too late to turn things around if we all do our part. “
Dr. Jane Goodall
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