Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
JANE GOODALLPeople said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.
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Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.
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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that’s ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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Trees are living beings. And they have their own personalities. There are the young, eager saplings, all striving with each other. If you put your cheek against one of those, you almost sense the sap rising and the energy.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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Peace starts within.
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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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