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War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
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Hampstead Village
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