"I wanted to come as close to talking to animals as I could – to be like Dr Dolittle. I wanted to move among them without fear, like Tarzan"- Jane Goodall
Insight: Jane Goodall's research included the discovery of chimpanzees using tools for catching termites.
Insight: Jane Goodall did not follow the academic way of studying animals - she gave them names instead of numbers, and believed that chimpanzees each possessed unique personalities.
Insight: Jane Goodall was not trained in the rules of science at the time, and through this she was able to be creative and allowed her to understand the chimpanzees she was studying on a deeper level.
"Staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back at me. I felt very much that I was learning about fellow beings, capable of joy, sorrow, and jealousy."- Jane Goodall
Insight: Jane Goodall believes that her lack of university education enabled her to approach her research without being preconditioned.
"We have designed a rocket that has been up to Mars and a robot crawled about it, and think how you and I are talking now. That’s the big difference, and how stupid it is that the most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet is busily destroying its only home."- Jane Goodall
Insight: Jane understands that chimpanzees are far more intelligent than we used to think, but see that the complex language and words we use as the biggest difference between humans and chimpanzees.