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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

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Richard Leakey

In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the short term.

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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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