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"I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils."
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"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."
"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
"The world is not black and white. More like black and grey."
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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."
"Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago."
"It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads."
"The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels."
"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."
"Earlier, 100,000 elephants lived in Kenya and we didn't have any noteworthy problem with it. The problem that we have is not that there are now more elephants."
"To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils."
"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."
"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."
"Elephants can live to an age of up to 70 or 80 years and they have a good memory. It could be they come across an area that is experiencing a drought. Then they continue on their path and run into people."
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