Jane Goodall has studied chimpanzees and other primates for longer, and more intimately, than any other expert in the world. For 55 years she studied the social and family interactions of a group of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. By spending hours and days among the group, she observed an extremely complex social system that included ritualized behaviours, tool making, a ‘caste’ social system and a basic language system.

Goodall has received numerous awards, medals, honorary doctorates and designations from a large number of organizations, governments and universities. She has written adult and children’s books, as well as featured in close to twenty films. Jane also founded the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots and Shoots program. The institute is a nonprofit organization strives to educate people on how they can make a difference in the ‘life of all living things’. The organization focuses on the preservation of habitat and the promotion of sustainable communities. Roots and Shoots specifically engages the youth and helps develop practical solutions that young people can use to deal with local issues.

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“Mission & History.” Mission & History | About Us | the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2016.