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 GOODALLYou 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.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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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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People say to me so often, ‘Jane how can you be so peaceful when everywhere around you people want books signed, people are asking these questions and yet you seem peaceful,’ and I always answer that it is the peace of the forest that I carry inside.
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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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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 some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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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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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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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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Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.
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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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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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