Jane Goodall

By marta.vai

  • BIRTH

    Jane Goodall was born in London, England.

  • JANE ARRIVES IN GOMBE

    Jane arrives on the shores of Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in the west of Tanzania with mother Vanne.

  • JANE DISCOVERS THAT CHIMPANZEES EAT MEAT

    Before this was discovered it was assumed that they were vegetarian. A red colobus monkey was attacked, killed and ate by a group of chimps.

  • JANE DISCOVERS THAT CHIMPANZEES MAKE AND USE TOOLS

    Jane looked at two monkeys names David Greybeard and Goliath extract bugs from holes with their handmade tools. Not only humans used tools, so did chimpanzees.

  • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PUBLISHES FIRST COVER STORY ABOUT JANE AND HER RESEARCH

    “My Life Among the Wild Chimpanzees” was Jane's first cover story.

  • PREMIER OF THE FIRST FILM ABOUT JANE AND HER RESEARCH

    “Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees” was a film filmed by National Geographic about Jane and her research.

  • THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE “FOUR YEAR WAR”

    This was a war that lasted between a group chimpanzees for four years.

  • CANNIBALISM IS FIRST OBSERVED

    Cannibalism is discovered. Mother and daughter Passion and Pom steal and kill babies in their own community.

  • THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE IS FOUNDED

    Dr. Jane Goodall creates an organization to help protect the chimpanzees and keeps working on her research.

  • JANE BECOMES AN ACTIVIST

    She attends a conference in Chicago ‘Understanding Chimpanzees’. This opens her up to more conservation ideas.

  • ROOTS & SHOOTS IS FOUNDED

    Roots & Shoots places the power and resources for creating practical solutions to big challenges in the hands of young people.

  • THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE’S TCHIMPOUNGA SANCTUARY WAS FOUNDED

    Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center was established to take care of orphaned chimpanzees. More than 150 chimpanzees are cared for there.

  • JANE STARTS COMMUNITY-CONSERVATION WORK IN WESTERN TANZANIA

    This addresses poverty and support sustainable livelihoods in villages around Lake Tanganyika while arresting the rapid degradation of natural resources, especially in the remaining indigenous forest.

  • JGI BEGINS LEVERAGING SCIENCE IN CONSERVATION WORK

    JGI’s conservation science program improves conservation and tries harder to protect the chimps.

  • JANE IS NAMED A UN MESSENGER OF PEACE

    Then Secretary-General Kofi Annan names her a un messenger of peace, a very honorable name.

  • JGI ESTABLISHES FIRST FORMAL CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN

    Focused on the landscape surrounding Gombe Stream National Park, the plan seeks to bring together local communities, public officials and NGOs alike to share the work of protecting the wider ecosystem and reestablishing degraded habitats while also improving the lives of people living nearby.

  • JGI CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JANE’S RESEARCH IN GOMBE

    The 50th anniversary oh her research is celebrated.

  • JGI CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROOTS & SHOOTS

    Roots & Shoots has spread to nearly 100 countries and has established a network of young people who carry Jane’s conservation ethic and are making the world a better place for people, animals and the environment.

  • JGI CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY!

    The Jane Goodall Institute has gone far with helping chimpanzees and the environment.