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I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene. ↗

— Louis Leakey

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Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#catching #example #figures #had #illustrate

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#back #century #end #going #had

The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#angola #any #badly #completely #illiterate

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#angola #beds #been #contents #deciding

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#arrived #british #england #father #found

I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would. ↗

— Mary Leakey

#exam #had #i #never #passed

Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#ago #airplane #am #amputated #anymore

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ↗

— Norman Lear

#answer #back #call #called #dad

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it. ↗

— Norman Lear

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