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Heroes recently, and she was even more impressive than i imagined. here's a special power player of the week. ♪ >> i'm away from home about 300 days a year, and that's, you know, all over the world. chris: jane goodall is 83 now, but she's still on a mission, raising awareness and money to protect the planet and the animals who live here. >> one of the the greatest rewards i have is number of people around world who say thank you, jane. you taught me that because you did it, i can do it too. chris: why are you still keeping up such a schedule? >> because we humans, the most intellectual bein...

At least i get out into the forest. and i need that to reinvigorate my spirit. chris: time is something goodall thinks about now. >> i don't know how long i have, i don't know how far it is to be at the end. the older you get, the nearer you get to that end, and i've still got so much to do. chris: when i said thank you, this astonishing woman had one more surprise, showing me how the chimps would do it. >> i would have held out my hand -- chris: yes. >> -- and you would have petted it like that. chris: like that? >> that would be a nice thank you. [laughter] chris: thank you. goodall says as ...

>> exciting moment when i first saw a chimpanzee eating meat. chris: observing chimpanzees in the jungle by herself, she discovered a number of links. the chimps can show compassion or wage war. but most important, the way they use twigs, to hunt for termites. >> a chimpanzee, when he strips leaves off a twig, is actually modifying a natural object to suit it to a specific purpose. chris: why was that such an important discovery? >> because science thought at that time that humans and only humans used and made tools. we were defined as man, the toolmaker. >> the possible redefinition of the wo...

Wasn't really about science, it was about this young woman going out into the jungle. i became the geographic cover girl. chris: the fact that you were such a striking girl didn't hurt either, did it? >> it didn't hurt at all. [laughter] chris: as goodall bonned with the chimpanzees, she even learned their language. >> if i'm greeting you, a dominant male -- because males are dominant -- i would be -- chris: and if you were laughing? yes. [laughter] that'si'm being tickled. chris: goodall ended her career as a field biologist 30 years ago, but she set up the goodall institute as well as roots ...

Well, i got to meet one of my heroes recently, and she was even more impressive than i imagined. here's a special power player of the week. ♪ >> i'm away from home about 300 days a year, and that's, you know, all over the world. chris: jane goodall is 83 now, but she's still on a mission, raising awareness and money to protect the planet and the animals who live here. >> one of the the greatest rewards i have is number of people around world who say thank you, jane. you taught me that because you did it, i can do it too. chris: why are you still keeping up such a schedule? >> because we huma...