Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, a scientist whose studies of wild chimpanzees made her a household name, has died at the age of 91, according to an announcement posted by the Jane Goodall Institute. "My mother said, 'Well, if you are set on going to Africa or some other foreign place, if you learn secretarial work, then you can get a job anywhere in the world,' " Goodall explained. Goodall later told NPR that her mentor, Louis Leakey, was impressed. In 1977, she founded The Jane Goodall Institute, to promote the protection of chimpanzees and the environment. "Chimps are so like us," Goodall said, "that I like some people much more than some chimps and some chimps much more than some people."