There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between. Jane Goodall More Quotes by Jane Goodall More Quotes From Jane Goodall Certainly the first true humans were unique by virtue of their large brains. It was because the human brain is so large when compared with that of a chimpanzee that paleontologists for years hunted for a half-ape, half-human skeleton that would provide a fossil link between the human and the ape. Jane Goodall skeletons unique years ...it honestly didn't matter how we humans got to be the way we are, whether evolution or special creation was responsible. What mattered and mattered desperately was our future development. Were we going to go on destroying God's creation, fighting each other, hurting the other creatures of the His planet? Jane Goodall fighting hurt special In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all the trees had gone, that people all around the park are struggling to survive. It became very clear that there was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire circumstance. Jane Goodall struggle people years And always I have this feeling--which may not be true at all--that I am being used as a messenger. Jane Goodall messengers feelings may I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them. Jane Goodall communication teaching writing I am obstinate and I will not give in. Jane Goodall obstinate giving The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks. Jane Goodall compare gang way War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. Jane Goodall records war firsts It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated. Jane Goodall winning brain war Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices. Jane Goodall making-a-difference differences choices I want to change awareness. Jane Goodall awareness want When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it's just like a human baby. We have a responsibility to them. Jane Goodall responsibility personality baby I had this wonderful, supportive mother who didn't get mad because of all the earth mucking up my bed. She just said they'd die - they needed the earth. Jane Goodall supportive mad mother It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide. Jane Goodall catching teach eye But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time. Jane Goodall violence war mean We have language and they do not. Chimps communicate by embracing, patting, looking - all these things. And they have lots of sounds. But they cannot sit and discuss. They cannot teach about things that are not present, as far as we know. Jane Goodall teach language sound Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation. Jane Goodall aggressive episodes fighting Being evil is something that only humans are capable of. Jane Goodall capable humans evil The person who has the most influence on me is my mother. Think of life as a flight where we fly higher and higher. If I were a bird that needs feathers to fly higher, I would regard my mother as my strongest feather. Jane Goodall mother bird thinking Animals have personalities and minds and emotions. Jane Goodall personality mind animal
