"We are concerned that, in a few years……" — Richard Leakey
"We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed."
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Richard Leakey
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43 Quotes by Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey has 43 quotes on this site.
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My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.
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Echoing the criticism made of his father's habilis skulls, he added that Lucy's skull was so incomplete that most of…
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It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its…
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In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be…
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Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet
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It has taken biologists some 230 years to identify and describe three quarters of a million insects; if there are…
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It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.
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For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be…
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Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to…
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The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
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Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs…
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Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it…
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