Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
JANE GOODALLIt actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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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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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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I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle. If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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Here was a chimpanzee using a tool. That was object modification- the crude beginning of tool making.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.
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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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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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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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Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
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Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential.
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We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
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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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