A TEDTalk Tuesday afternoon edition: Jane Goodall

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(Apologies for the delay for those who are interested in this thread series; I've been away for most of the day.)

Today's TEDTALKTUESDAY spotlight:

JANEGOODALL

Talk Title: What separates us from the apes? (Video runtime 27:35)



Dr. Jane Goodall at Hong Kong University

About this Talk

Traveling from Ecuador to Africa, Jane Goodall takes the audience on an ecological journey, discussing highlights and low points of her experiences in the jungle. She shows how progress is helping research (DNA analysis) and hurting the environment (clear-cutting). And she draws a dozen parallels between primate and human behavior, making the point that we really aren't all that different. Our big advantage, she says, is the ability to communicate with sophisticated spoken language -- yet, sadly, we are abusing this power and destroying the planet. She urges the TED audience to behave differently, and use their higher powers to correct the planet's course.

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Shameless kick because I want this on page one for a while this time so as many people as possible have the opportunity to see this talk.

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Rinse and repeat, for the people getting home from work...

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5. And a final, weary kick for the night shift n/t

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3. thanks, I love Ms. Goodall! n/t

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4. She's one of the best

I trust what she has to say about chimp society as I would trust... well... anyone who has been doing the same thing for forty-plus years.

I sincerely hope she's written down everything she knows, that she can write down. She's given the world an understanding of these close relatives to humans that we might never have had.

I've always liked watching or listening to anything at all that includes her and her work. It takes more dedication than I have to do what she has done for such a very long time.

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