Dr. Jane Goodall spent a majority of her life over in Africa working with wild chimpanzees. She met the famous Dr. Louis Leakey in 1957. It was Dr. Leakey who would later come to play a pivotal role in Dr. Goodall's life.
She traveled to Tanzania in the summer of 1960 and continued to study the 
chimpanzees in their natural habitat for the
next five years. It was in 1965, that Goodall returned to the United States to earn a Ph. D. in Ethology at Cambridge
University. Soon after completing her studies, Dr. Goodall returned to Tanzania to establish the Gombe Stream Research
Centre.
She studied these chimpanzee for over thirty-five years. Dr. Goodall's research continues to contribute significant findings on chimpanzee behavior and ecology. The Jane Goodall Institute was founded in 1977, by Dr. Goodall to provide ongoing support for chimpanzee research.
There is one quote that Dr. Goodall is most known for saying. It describes just what exactly her research with chimpanzees has given to her: "Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature."
