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> [What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids that inhabited Planet Earth, and like our distant cousins who went extinct fairly recently, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/what-the-fossil-record-does-do-is-to-force-us-to-contemplate-our/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

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## More by Louise Leakey

> [My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/my-father-so-appropriately-put-it-that-we-are-certainly-the-only/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/who-are-we-that-is-the-big-question-and-essentially-we-are-just-an/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [I think when you work on fossils, and you realize that a species is there, and it's abundant for quite a long period of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/i-think-when-you-work-on-fossils-and-you-realize-that-a-species-is/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [It's important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know that's a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/it-s-important-to-remember-that-we-evolved-now-i-know-that-s-a-dirty/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [If you want to become a fossil, you need to die somewhere where your bones will be rapidly buried. You then hope that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/if-you-want-to-become-a-fossil-you-need-to-die-somewhere-where-your/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [When we find a fossil, we mark it. Today, we've got great technology: we have GPS. We mark it with a GPS fix, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/when-we-find-a-fossil-we-mark-it-today-we-ve-got-great-technology-we/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [Its important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know thats a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/its-important-to-remember-that-we-evolved-now-i-know-thats-a-dirty/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [If you want to become a fossil, you actually need to die somewhere where your bones will be rapidly buried. You then hope that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/if-you-want-to-become-a-fossil-you-actually-need-to-die-somewhere/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/in-the-rush-of-today-s-world-and-with-more-than-half-of-us-now-living/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/what-the-fossil-record-does-do-is-to-force-us-to-contemplate-our/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/what-is-it-that-really-makes-us-us-it-s-our-collective-intelligence/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my grandfather Louis.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/with-the-discovery-of-zinjanthropus-at-olduvai-gorge-in-1959-my/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

> [Every species becomes extinct; at some point, we will go extinct. The question is, as Homo sapiens, are we going to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-leakey/every-species-becomes-extinct-at-some-point-we-will-go-extinct-the/)

[Louise Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-leakey/)

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