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To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

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The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

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

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Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.

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South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.

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

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There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

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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.

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

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Louis Leakey

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Born: August 7, 1903
Died: October 1, 1972 (aged 69)
Bio: Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also known as L. S. B.
Known for:
  1. The southern Kikuyu before 1903
  2. Defeating Mau Mau (1954)
  3. Unveiling man's origins (1969)
  4. Mau Mau and the Kikuyu (1952)
  5. Olduvai Gorge (1965)

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