"The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose."

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"The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose."

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"South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century."

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"Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya."

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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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"There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating."

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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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