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To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone. ↗

— Louis Leakey

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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

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Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#anarchy #borders #distance #ethiopia #military

I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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Earlier, 100,000 elephants lived in Kenya and we didn't have any noteworthy problem with it. The problem that we have is not that there are now more elephants. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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Elephants can live to an age of up to 70 or 80 years and they have a good memory. It could be they come across an area that is experiencing a drought. Then they continue on their path and run into people. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#age #area #come #continue #could

A number of scientists with greatly different backgrounds can come up with completely different assessments. The discussions or controversies are endless. Once a year, we try to bring the most important discoverers together to exchange their experiences and knowledge. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa, more or less complete at that. I think this is where the prelude to human history was primarily played out. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult. ↗

— Richard Leakey

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