He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.
JANE GOODALLOnly if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
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One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
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I love dogs, not chimps. Some chimps are nice, and some are horrid. I don’t actually think of them as animals any more than I think of us as animals, although both of us are.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.
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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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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.
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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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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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