Jane Goodall

Born 3 April 1934

From Hampstead, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom

Dame Jane Morris Goodall (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania.

Quotes

“Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.”
1990s, p. 106
“The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.”
2000s, p. 13
“Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is alright, as long your values don't change.”
2000s
“You can imagine my dismay when I got to Cambridge and found that I had done everything wrong. I shouldn't have named the chimps; I should have given them numbers.”
Then & Now: Jane Goodall
“They communicate, but their communication system is through touch, posture, looks – body language you could call it, but it goes a bit deeper than that.”
Wanderlust interview