Jane Goodall

"We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could change our behavior really quickly instead of over hundreds and hundreds of years. And then comes moral evolution, which means we're not frightfully far along with people. And maybe we end up with a spiritual evolution, which is this connectedness with the rest of the life forms on the planet."

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Source: Exclusive Interview with Dr. Jane Goodall. Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2010.

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Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist

Jane Goodall is a primatologist and conservationist known for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and her advocacy for environmental protection.

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