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

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"At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology."

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"I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene."

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"The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years."

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