Jane Goodall

By ines_23

  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall was born on April 3rd, 1934 in London.

  • Travelled from England to Tanzania

    On July 1960, Jane Goodall, at the age of twenty-six, travelled from England to what is now Tanzania.

  • Jane discovers Chimpanzees eat meat

    Jane Goodall observed a group of chimps eating a bushpig. Before this discovery, chimps were thought to be vegetarian.

  • Jane discovers that Chimpanzees use and make tools

    Jane observes two chimps creating tools to take termites from their mounds. This discovery, would force science to reconsider the definition of homo sapiens.

  • Jane arrives

    Jane leaves England at the age of twenty-six and arrives in Gombe, Western Tanzania.

  • Chimpanzees eat meat

    Jane observes a group of chimpanzees eating a bushpig. Until this discovery, chimpanzees were thought to be vegetarian

  • Jane discovers chimpanzees use/make toolss

    Jane observes two chimpanzees creating tools to extract termites from their mounds. This discovery would force science to change the definition of homo sapiens.

  • First cover story about Jane and her Research

    "My Life Among the Wild Chimpanzees" was the first cover story of Jane Goodall published by National Geographic.

  • First Cover Story on National Geographic

    "My Life Among the Wild Chimpanzees" was the first cover story National Geographic published.

  • Premier of Jane Goodall's first film

    National Geographic releases "Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees" which shows Jane's research around the world.

  • Premier of First Film

    National Geographic films and releases "Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees" which shows her research around the world.

  • The "Four Year War"

    Conflict between two chimpanzee groups begins in Gombe.

  • The "Four Year War"

    Jane witnesses the beginning of a war between two rival groups in the Gombe.

  • Cannibalism

    Cannibalism between the chimps is first observed. Mother and daughter steal and kill babies within their own community.

  • Cannibalism

    Jane first observes cannibalism when two chimps (a mother and a daughter) steal and kill babies within their community.

  • Jane Goodall Institute is founded

    Jane Goodall creates her organization to continue her research and to expand chimpanzee protection, conservation and environmental protection.

  • Jane Goodall Institute is Founded

    Jane Goodall creates and organization to continue her research and to expand efforts on chimpanzee protection, conservation and environmental education.

  • Jane becomes and activist

    Jane attends a conference in Chicago and this shifts her focus from observation and research, to animal-human conservation approach.

  • Jane becomes and Activist

    Jane attends a conference in Chicago which shifts her focus from observation and research, to animal-human conservation approach.

  • Roots and Shoots is founded

    Jane works with a group of students in Tanzania to discuss ways younger people can contribute to better our world. Roots and Shoots is starting to create practical solutions to big challenges.

  • The Jane Goodall Institute is founded

    Jane Goodall creates Tchimpounga Sancutary to provide a home and care for chimps orphaned by illegal commercial and pet trades.

  • Community-Conservation in Tanzania

    Jane begins the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education (TACARE), this program was created as a project to address poverty and support livelihoods in villages around the area.

  • JGI begins conservation work

    This project provides information to improve conservation decision making, the management of chimpanzee populations and design human land.

  • UN Messenger of Peace

    The Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented Jane Goodall as the highest honor of United Nation for global citizens for her work to create a more peaceful work.

  • First Formal Conservation Action Plan

    Focused on Gombe Stream National Park, the plan seeks to bring local communities to share the work of protecting ecosystem and establish habitats, while also helping and improving lives of people nearby.

  • Celebrates Gombe's 50th anniversary

    Five decades after Goodall first went to Gombe, the JGI celebrates the new discoveries made and the new discoveries to come from the long study of chimpanzees.

  • 25th Anniversary of Roots and Shoots

    This unique program, that has spread to 100 countries in two and a half decades, has created a network of young people who are continuing Jane's work ethic and are making the world a better place for the environment, for people and for animals.

  • JGI 40th Anniversary

    Jane Goodall Institute has helped us with our relationships with the environment, and other living organisms. In the 40 years Goodall has been running the project, she has expanded her visions into a global mission to make the world a better place.