Quotes by Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey

As a social anthropologist, I naturally accept and even stress the fact that there are major differences, both mental and psychological, which separate the different races of mankind. Indeed, I would be inclined to suggest that however great may be the physical differences between such races as the European and the Negro, the mental and psychological differences are greater still.

Differences

Race

Stress

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 in Kenya.

Hippie

People

Senior

Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.

Animal

Recovery

Skeletons

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

Animal

Nursing

Sleep

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodiles neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

Bullets

Necks

Water

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Feet

Python

Tree

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

Bases

Brides

Swag

Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth’s history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.

Giving

Past

Years

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.

Men

Past

Race

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

Difficult

Expeditions

Travel

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Aggravation

America

Animal

Art

Bases

Bed

Behavior

Brides

Bullets

Characteristics

Clinic

Dalmatians

Differences

Difficult

Dog

Done

Expeditions

Father

Feet

Giving

Hippie

Islands

Kenya

Knows

Lasts

Long

Magic

Masai

Mean

Men

Missing

Missing You

Necks

Nursing

Order

Painting

Past

People

Python

Race

Records

Recovery

Religious

Senior

Sick

Skeletons

Sleep

Stones

Stress

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Quotes by Louis Leakey

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 in Kenya.

Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodiles neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth’s history, starting at the present day, right away back 2 million years.

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.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

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