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

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• Richard Leakey:

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

• Richard Leakey:

  Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were

• Richard Leakey:

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

• Richard Leakey:

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• Richard Leakey:

  One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single,

• Richard Leakey:

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• Richard Leakey:

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

• Richard Leakey:

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• Richard Leakey:

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

• Richard Leakey:

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