People frequently ask me why I devote so much time to seeking out facts about man’s past…the past shows clearly that we all have a common origin and that our differences in race, colour and creed are only superficial.
When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 year… - Louis Leakey
When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 year…
- Louis Leakey
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service… - Louis Leakey
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service…
Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing. - Louis Leakey
Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.
Stone tools are fossilized human behavior. - Louis Leakey
Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price. - Louis Leakey
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic pote… - Louis Leakey
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic pote…
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating. - Louis Leakey
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.
To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone. - Louis Leakey
To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics. - Louis Leakey
The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.
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