Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The best relationship you can have with a chimpanzee is total mutual trust. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I miss the early days; I do. I was so lucky. I basically had it to myself, learning about these chimpanzees. Nobody… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Even in chimps there is true altruistic behaviour; behaviour that doesn't fit into the sociobiological model that says you either help a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known;… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them?… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Certainly the first true humans were unique by virtue of their large brains. It was because the human brain is so large… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“How healing it was to be back at Gombe again, and by myself with the chimpanzees and their forest. I had left… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees are incredibly intelligent. They can learn more than 400 signs of American Sign Language. They have memories for spatial distribution, like… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water;… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope,… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The chimpanzees taught me a lot about nonverbal communication. The big difference between them and us is that they don't have spoken… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If we start with chimpanzees, they differ from us with the composition of the DNA by only just over one percent. So,… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We now know that the structure of the DNA in humans and chimpanzees differs by only just over one percent. You could… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I do not want to discuss evolution in such depth, however, only touch on it from my own perspective: from the moment… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
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