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• Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.
• Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.
• Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.
• Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the…
• Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
• Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a…
• The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.
• South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.
• The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.
• To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
• The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age…
• People frequently ask me why I devote so much time to seeking out facts about man’s past…the past shows clearly that we…

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