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Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
English Scientist
Born: Apr 3, 1934
Animals Me People Think World You
Related authors: Ashley Montagu Charles Darwin Edward Jenner Erasmus Darwin Jacob Bronowski Matthew Walker Richard Dawkins Thomas Huxley
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. Jane Goodall
War Me History Behavior First Back Characteristic Purely Seemed Date Records Had Written Almost Always Very Accounts Human Human Behavior Warlike Human History Groups Universal
In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all the trees had gone, that people all around the park are struggling to survive. It became very clear that there was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire circumstance. Jane Goodall
People Gone Trees Way Circumstance All-Around Dire Park Struggling Had Clear Over Over It Protect Became Around Isolated Were Years Years Ago Forest Very Survive Patch Tiny While To Survive Realized Flew Basically
When I began in 1960, individuality wasn't an accepted thing to look for; it was about species-specific behaviour. But animal behaviour is not hard science. There's room for intuition. Jane Goodall
Science Animal Intuition About Individuality Look Accepted Began Behaviour Room Hard Thing
I didn't want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field. Jane Goodall
Degree Become Field Back Once Could Tenure Because Said Louis Get Want Wanted Anything Which Succeeded Teach Professor Right Needed
Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn't so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that. Jane Goodall
Science Women Become Cold Approach Way Would Intuitive Admit More Tend Never Had Like Attractive Scientist Been Very Maybe Taught Being Hard
People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well. Jane Goodall
Soul People Say Possible People Say Feel Well Souls Quite Maybe
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect. Jane Goodall
Respect Treat Responsibility Animals Other Given Pushing Always Human Them Sentient Then Should Many
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive human warfare. Jane Goodall
Behavior Unlike Both Hostile Primitive Learn Territorial Were Human Forms Warfare Capable Certain Appalling Fascinating
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active. Jane Goodall
Hope Mind Important Active Think Stays Most Most Important Thing Important Thing The Most Important Your Keep Thing
I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist. Jane Goodall
Per Never Scientist Wanted Naturalist
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