Celebrating 80 Years With Jane Goodall

Dr. Jane Goodall pioneered studies that sought to understand chimpanzees as cousins on our evolutionary family tree. She observed the chimpanzees from afar and little by little, through wearing the same clothes and presenting the same demeanor to the apes every day, she gained their trust, and accessed the private lives of chimpanzees – their emotions, their warfare, and their ingenuity. Through her program Roots and Shoots, she seeks to broaden her impact from better understanding chimps, to making the world a better and more livable place for future generations of all animals. She joins National Geographic Weekend in celebration of her 80th birthday.