Jane Goodall: Close Study Of Chimpanzees

When asked who is Jane Goodall we may receive a response some might find funny like “She is the monkey lady.” Their answer is not entirely wrong, in fact Goodall is known nationally as “The monkey lady”. Goodall spent thirty years researching chimpanzees and came up with significant data. Goodall discovered that chimpanzees are almost like humans. The way they learn, and how they can interpret things. (“The Writers Directory”)

Within two months of her arrival Bombay, Goodall met a paleontologist named Louis Leakey. Louis believed in Charles Darwin’s evolution hypothesis that states that somewhere down the line of evolution, chimpanzees and humans share a common ancestor. Louis thought the close study of chimpanzees in the wild would help them understand this theory. Louis told

She’s their voice and they’re crying for help. We need to take a stand and simply say this is enough. What more do we need out of life if we can’t help the very creatures who taught us how to live? We learned from them not them learning from us. We stalk our prey like lions. We learned how to fly by the birds’ concept. We take care of our young’s as all species do. So my question is do you care enough to help preserve the earth and its creatures or let us destroy it. We don’t have much time left forest are disappearing right before ours eyes. How long will we stand back before stepping up and saying we need to stop? We don’t have to quit everything but we could give back. For example every tree we cut down we could plant two more. It’s the simple things that will help in the long run. Jane Goodall is their voice it’s time we start to