Jane Goodall and her chimps

Jane Goodall brings Lara Logan and "60 Minutes" cameras back to the forests of Tanzania, where she began her love affair with chimpanzees 50 years ago, to remind the public that chimps are endangered.

Humans share more than 98 percent of the same DNA with chimpanzees, which is probably why there has always been a fascination with them. What we know of them is mostly because of one woman, whose name has become synonymous with chimps: Jane Goodall.

She was launched to fame by National Geographic, whose stories about her life in an African forest with chimpanzees made her an iconic figure.

Goodall was the first to discover that wild chimpanzees were capable of making and using tools, a revelation that turned the scientific world upside down by challenging the convention that tool making was what made humans unique.

Fifty years later, Goodall considers her role now to be more important than ever - which is why "60 Minutes" and correspondent Lara Logan wanted to go back with her to Africa.

Jane and her Chimps

If you missed the segment on 60 minutes there are a couple of the videos here for you to look at. There are more items on the 60 minutes website including some web extras, so be sure to visit and learn more about Jane and her chimps.

Comparing raising a son to raising chimps

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CBS News 60 Minutes,"Jane Goodall and her chimps", accessed October 25, 2010

Jane Goodall on 60 Minutes this Sunday

Dear Friend, We wanted to update you on two exciting opportunities for you to watch Jane on CBS this weekend! 60 Minutes will feature Jane and the Jane Goodall Institute this Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7 p.m. EST (after football). Much of the 60 Minutes special was filmed on location with Jane in Gombe National Park in July—50 years after she first stepped foot on the shores of Lake Tanganyika to begin her groundbreaking chimpanzee research. The program will also feature JGI’s videographer Bill Wallauer, who has tracked chimpanzees in Gombe National Park for 15 years. And you may catch a glimpse of JGI Vice President of Public Policy Alexandra Thornton, as well as Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds from the benefit concert they performed in Washington, D.C., last May. We hope you are able to tune in this weekend! Sincerely, Maureen P. Smith President the Jane Goodall Institute

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Dear Friend, There’s still time to vote for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Native Americas program to help the Jane Goodall Institute win $100,000! The Roots & Shoots Native Americas program from the Jane Goodall Institute has been selected by The Walt Disney Company as a recipient of funding through Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green.  Roots & Shoots is among the five programs that have been chosen for their environmental efforts. Since 2006, Roots & Shoots has been working with the Oglala Lakota Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Roots & Shoots Native Americas project works with the entire Pine Ridge community planting community gardens, doing Roots & Shoots projects and learning about traditional practices.   You can learn more about the project from our recent chat with Patricia Hammond, Pine Ridge Field Coordinator. You can vote on the Friends for Change website to help Disney decide how the first installment of its $1 million in donations will be distributed among the five programs. Roots & Shoots Native Americas will receive a portion of this installment. The amount depends on the percentage of votes earned—first place gets $100,000! We’re asking our friends to support this program in two ways: Vote for Roots & Shoots Native America Project on the Disney website. Ask your friends and family to help: send this free JGI E-Card  update your Facebook page, or Tweet about the contest to get more people involved. Remember: you can vote for the Roots & Shoots program once a week until August 20, 2010. Please take a moment to help support this important project and thank you so much for your help! Sincerely, Maureen Smith President the Jane Goodall Institute