“When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language.”

American academic, inventor, and ethologist

Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is known for her work on animal behavior and for advocating humane treatment of livestock in slaughter systems. Grandin has written more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior and has worked as a consultant to the livestock industry, advising on how animals respond and move. Her public profile is closely tied to practical, humane approaches to animal handling and design.