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Louis Leakey

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To save an animal’s life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
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Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth’s history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.
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The crocodile was laid stomach upwards to be cut open. The stomach contents included bracelets, beads, necklaces, and indications of human meals.
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People frequently ask me why I devote so much time to seeking out facts about man’s past…the past shows clearly that we all have a common origin and that our differences in race, colour and creed are only superficial.
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Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.
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I put a bullet into the back of the crocodiles neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.
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Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.
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As a social anthropologist, I naturally accept and even stress the fact that there are major differences, both mental and psychological, which separate the different races of mankind. Indeed, I would be inclined to suggest that however great may be the physical differences between such races as the European and the Negro, the mental and psychological differences are greater still.
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Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.
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I held a research fellowship at St. John's College, Cambridge, and had been allowed to retain my rooms there while I was away in Africa.
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