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Explore our hand-picked selection of 38 inspiring quotes by Richard Leakey.

About Richard Leakey

  • Born: December 19, 1944
  • Occupation: Politician
    • The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. and now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants.
    Elephants People Poaching
    Whether or not all this came to pass in an east african ditch, i wouldn't like to say. perhaps it happened in north africa or further west, but africa was definitely the place.
    East West Happened
    We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived.
    Way Apes Facts
    When out fossil hunting, it is very easy to forget that rather than telling you how the creatures lived, the remains you find indicate only where they became fossilized.
    Hunting Fossils Forget
    As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. humans are unique in this respect: most mammalian species, including apes, progress almost directly from infancy to adulthood.
    Children Unique Parent
    Along the borders to ethiopia and somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.
    Military Distance Police
    Sadly, i am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
    Airplane Years Twelve
    The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
    Elephants Tourism Tourists
    It occurred to me that if i did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.
    Would Be Survivor Aviation
    It is virtually impossible to control northern kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads.
    Migrants Kenya Impossible
    For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. first of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. these then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment.
    Water Needs Layers
    Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self.
    Self Speak Awareness
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