13 Quotes by Louis Leakey about British-scientist
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Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.
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I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks.
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At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.
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I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.
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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.
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We explored about 180 miles of exposures, ranging from a depth of about 300 feet to 50 feet, before we undertook any major digging.
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We decided to leave a part of each and every excavated area exactly as we had found it, protecting the specimens from rain and excessive sun.
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Our water hole at the camp was little more than a liquid, muddy swamp, in which a rhino wallowed daily and added urine to the puddle.
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I withdrew my support for the validity of the evidence for early Pleistocene Stone Age tools in Europe on the grounds of not proven.
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