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Algonquin College - Jane Goodall at Algonquin |
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Algonquin College - Jane Goodall at Algonquin |
Dr. Jane Goodall is most well-known for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees. At the age of 26, Dr. Goodall left her native England and ventured into the jungles of Tanzania to research chimps. A little over a year after her arrival, she encountered something tremendous: a chimp fashioning a tool to fish termites out of a nest. Up until this time it was thought that only humans had the capacity to make tools. The impact of Dr. Goodall’s discovery was famously captured by Dr. Louis Leakey in a telegram to Jane, “Now we must redefine tool, redefine Man, or accept chimpanzees as humans.”(the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, n.d.)
In 1977 Dr. Goodall founded the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation. In 1991, along with 16 Tanzanian students, Dr. Goodall founded Roots & Shoots, “the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian education program for youth.” (the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, n.d.)
In more recent years Dr. Goodall’s love of all animals and the environment has taken her away from her beloved chimps. In efforts to spread messages about conservation, the environment and animal welfare, Dr. Goodall travels the world as many as 300 days a year sharing with many audiences her ‘reasons for hope’. (the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, n.d.)
the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Biographical Timeline. Retrieved February 2, 2009 from www.janegoodall.ca/goodall-bio-timeline.php
Additional information on Dr. Jane Goodall is available at http://www.janegoodall.ca/goodall-summer-1960.php.
