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Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey
Kenyan Environmentalist
Born: Dec 19, 1944
Am Elephants Good People Problem Think
Related authors: Aldo Leopold Bill McKibben David R. Brower John Muir Joseph Wood Krutch Paul Hawken Paul Watson Roberto Burle Marx
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
Herd Bit Investment Cattle Least Cow Fertile Represents Land Capital Capital Investment Grow Larger Here
Elephants can live to an age of up to 70 or 80 years and they have a good memory. It could be they come across an area that is experiencing a drought. Then they continue on their path and run into people. Richard Leakey
Good Age Memory People Path Live Good Memory Run Area Could Drought Come Continue Years Up Experiencing Then Across Elephants
We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers. Richard Leakey
Men Think Settled Hundred Would Area Between Square Measuring Groups Early
To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils. Richard Leakey
History Man Important Finds Investigate Development Most Course The History Of The Most Important Fossils Hominid
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. Richard Leakey
Say Further Definitely East Ditch Like Perhaps Pass Came West North North Africa Africa African Happened Whether Place
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. Richard Leakey
Time World Wealth Few Else Destroyed Could Like Concerned Years Discovery Human Place Which Fossils Found Nowhere
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. Richard Leakey
People Problem Once Corridor Area Retreated Safer Decade Moved Heavy Used Now Elephants
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
Work Science Bone Life-Long Discovery Task Ends Original
One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult. Richard Leakey
Single Few Difficult Tooth Sliver Small Categorizing Pieces Period Items Very Surviving Forget Often Just Should Skull Bones
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. Richard Leakey
World Think Other Vast Source Any Which Region Fossils

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