CNN Editorial Research(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of world-renowned primatologist, activist and conservationist Jane Goodall. He hires her as an assistant and then asks her to study a group of chimpanzees living in Tanzania. October 1960 – Goodall observes chimpanzees eating meat; they were thought to be vegetarians. 1977 – Founds the Jane Goodall Institute. October 20, 2017 – “Jane,” a documentary about Goodall’s early work with chimps, directed by Brett Morgan, opens.