Author: Richard Leakey

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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

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.

- Richard Leakey

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

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

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