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Jane Goodall
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Jane Goodall
What Separates Us From Chimpanzees?
In a TED talk by Jane Goodall (published in 2007), the renowned primatologist relates that after 40 years of studies, it has been found there is not a sharp line that divides humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. She calls it a very “wuzzy line, and it’s getting wuzzier all the time” as more behaviours of animals are found that compare to those of humans. These include the use of tools, non-verbal communication, and social structures. Our language may be more sophisticated, but chimpanzees exhibit intelligence, personality, self-recognition and a sense of humour. Goodall expresses her concern for the effect of deforestation, growth of human settlement, hunting for bush meat and oil extraction, all reducing the range and the population of chimpanzees. Humans should feel shame, she states, and give these sentient animals respect after all we have learned about them.
- Science Quotes by Jane Goodall.
- 3 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Goodall's birth.
- Jane Goodall - context of quote I want to wander in the wild - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Jane Goodall - context of quote I want to wander in the wild - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Jane Goodall - context of quote Some humans are mathematicians - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Jane Goodall - context of quote Some humans are mathematicians - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Jane Goodall - context of quote Cruelty is the worst of human sins - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Jane Goodall - context of quote Cruelty is the worst of human sins - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- My Life With the Chimpanzees, by Jane Goodall. - book suggestion.