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Richard Leakey quotes: Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

Richard Leakey quotes: To have arrived on this earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony.

To have arrived on this earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony.

Richard Leakey quotes: Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet

Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet

Richard Leakey quotes: Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds.

Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds.

Richard Leakey quotes: Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task.

Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task.

Richard Leakey quotes: The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

Richard Leakey quotes: The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here.

The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here.

Richard Leakey quotes: We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.

We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.

Richard Leakey quotes: It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads.

It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads.

Richard Leakey quotes: I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils.

I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils.

Richard Leakey quotes: Culture represents a novelty in the world of nature, and it could have added an effective, unifying edge to the forces of natural selection.

Culture represents a novelty in the world of nature, and it could have added an effective, unifying edge to the forces of natural selection.

Richard Leakey quotes: We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived.

We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived.

Richard Leakey quotes: My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

Richard Leakey quotes: Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self.

Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self.

Richard Leakey quotes: I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa.

I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa.

Richard Leakey quotes: It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its cause

It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its cause

Richard Leakey quotes: Humans become human through intense learning not just of survival skills but of customs and social mores, kinship and social laws-that is, culture.

Humans become human through intense learning not just of survival skills but of customs and social mores, kinship and social laws-that is, culture.

Richard Leakey quotes: To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.

To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.

Richard Leakey quotes: Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

Richard Leakey quotes: In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the short term.

In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the short term.