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Jane Goodall

ave laid the foundation for all future primate studies. Her interest was studying the chimpanzees to gain insight into humans’ evolutionary past. Her observations have changed the way researchers and everyday individuals view chimpanzees. Jane had observed chimpanzees making and using tools for different reasons, such as using straws for extracting termites from nests. Her studies have showed many similarities between humans and chimpanzees, this discovery had amazed the world. The longer her research continued, the more it became obvious how like people chimpanzees really are. Some people believed that her research would last only a few months, however it has become the longest field study on any animal species in their natural surroundings (www.janegoodall.org).Jane Goodall has made tremendous contributions to society as well as to the animal kingdom by establishing various institutions. These institutions have brought conservation, and wildlife awareness to chimpanzees. In 1977 Jane founded The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and conservation. She has established chimpanzee sanctuaries for the care and rehabilitation of orphaned chimpanzees in four African countries (www.janegoodall.org). This institute was also founded to provide ongoing support for field research on wild chimpanzees (www.janegoodall.org). Jane created a program of the Jane Goodall Institute called Roots & Shoots in 1991. This program addresses the obvious issue of the need for kids in schools to have an understanding of their environment and wildlife. It is a program that involves the groups that participate in three kinds of hands-on activities. One, to make the environment around them better, two, to show that they care about the human community around them, and finally things that make the world a better place for the animals around them (www.janegoodall.org). Jane Goodall has become world famous from her research, lec...

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