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Louise Leakey Biography

Princess Louise de Merode (née: Leakey, born 21 March 1972) is a Kenyan paleontologist and anthropologist. She conducts research and field work on human fossils in Eastern Africa.

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What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.

Brain, Collective, Intelligence, Language, Things, Writing

In the rush of todays world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature.

Cities, Majority, People, Rush

Its important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know thats a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with the gorillas, the chimpanzee and also the bonobos. We have a common past, and we have a common future.

Dirty, Evolved, Gorillas, Past, People

My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species.

Animal, Appropriately, Bad, Choices, Father

I think when you work on fossils, and you realize that a species is there, and it's abundant for quite a long period of time, and then at some point it's no longer there - and so, when you look at that bigger picture, yes, you realize that either you change and adapt, or, as a species, you go extinct.

Abundant, Fossils, Long, Looks, Thinking, Work

If you want to become a fossil, you need to die somewhere where your bones will be rapidly buried. You then hope that the Earth moves in such a way as to bring the bones back up to the surface.

Back, Bring, Die, Earth, Moving, Needs

Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright-walking, big-brained, super-intelligent ape.

Ape, Apes, Big, Bigs, Essentially, Intelligent

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