Primatologist

• Born on April 3, 1934 in London, England• Born with prosopagnosia “face blindness”• Two younger sisters• Parents- engineer and novelist• Spent 5 hours in a hen house to see how a

hen lays an egg• Age 10 wanted to live in

Africa and study animals• Worked in film studio, secretary,

waitress to save money to travel to Africa

April 2, 1957 landed in Africa Met mentor/teacher Louis Leakey

Discovered oldest known human remainsTheory origin of species in Africa

1960 -Research on chimpanzees began on shores of Lake Tanganganyika (Gombe National Park)

1964-Married Hugo van Lawick, wild life photographer

One child Hugo “Grub” from first marriage

Remarried in 1975- Derek Bryceson, the Director of National Parks in Tanzania (Died in 1979 from cancer)

Not vegetarians: first to observe a chimp eating a bush pig

Only scientist at the time to gain chimpanzees trust by being patient and sitting for hours among them

Became the first scientist to give names such as Fifi and Goblin to the chimps instead of calling them by numbers.

Discovered the ability to use and make tools when observing a chimp poking plant

stems into a termite mound to get food

Discovered to have complex social structure

Loving, careful parents

HierarchyNonviolent (original thinking)

Peer RelationshipsFighting/Wars

Gombe National Park in southeastern Africa

National Geographic articles and TV series made it popular

May 1975 rebels from Zaire, Africa, kidnapped four research assistants from the research center

Founded in 1977Improve global understanding and

treatment of chimps and preservation of chimps and their habitats.

Programs: TACARE (Take Care), Roots & Shoots, Water and Environmental Sanitation projects, Health and family issues

Travels 300 days a year presenting lectures to students, government officials, communities.

Visits Gombe National Park twice a year to see her chimpanzees

“My greatest reason for hope is the spirit and determination of young people, once they know what the problems are and have the tools to take action.”

1965- 8th person to receive doctorate from Cambridge without having an undergraduate degree

1986 founded the Committee for the Conservation and Care of Chimpanzees

Set limits on numbers of chimpanzees that could be used in experiments and improved conditionsAuthor of several children’s

books-The Chimpanzee Family Book and With Love

Jane’s Achievements 1991 found Roots & Shoots, a global environmental and humanitarian education program for youth

2000-accepted the third Gandhi/King Award for Non Violence at the United NationsReceived the Gold Medal of Conservation from the San

Diego Zoological Society, the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize, and the National Geographic Society Centennial Award

Asked to serve as United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2002 and 2007

Worked to improve conditions for zoo animals and for conservation of chimpanzee habitats

• http://www.janegoodall.org/• http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/

printmember/goo1int-1• http://www.discoverchimpanzees.org/index.html• http://www.wildchimpanzees.org/educators/

activities.php• http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/

Goodall-Jane.html• http://www.janegoodall.org/media/videos/jane-

goodalls-roots-shoots-20th-anniversary

No chimpanzees were harmed in the making of the this

Powerpoint.