To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root. . … - Richard Leakey

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Richard Leakey

To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root. . . To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from.

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

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

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

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

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