"One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult."

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"One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult."

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"For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment."

Life, Circumstances, First, Water

"We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed."

Time, Wealth, Discovery, World

"Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task."

Science, Work, Life, Discovery

"Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well."

Insects, Plants

"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils."

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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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"The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants."

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"We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man."

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"Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance."

Anarchy, Military, Police

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"It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material."

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"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?"

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"Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that."

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"If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

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"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."

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"When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days."

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