One could argue that the human intellect was the greatest mistake in evolution — a mistake that is now threatening all life on the planet. - Jane Goodall

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One could argue that the human intellect was the greatest mistake in evolution — a mistake that is now threatening all life on the planet.

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About Jane Goodall

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is best-known for her study of chimpanzee social and family life in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania and she did that for 45 years. She also founded the Jane Goodall Institute. In April 2002, she was named a UN Messenger of Peace,

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Birth Name: Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall
Alternative Names: Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall Dame Jane Morris Goodall Dame Jane Goodall Jane Morris Goodall
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...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?

Understanding what chimpanzees are like has made me realize that we humans are not so different from other animals as we used to think. What makes us most different is that we are far more clever than even the cleverest chimp, and we have words. We have a spoken language. We can tell stories about what happened a week or a year or a decade ago. We can plan for the future, and we can discuss things - one person's idea can grow and change as other people contribute their ideas. Great ideas become greater, problems are solved.

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