The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels. Richard Leakey bigelephanthotel Change image and share on social
Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well. Richard Leakey beginfruitgood Change image and share on social
Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place. Richard Leakey africaafricanditch Change image and share on social
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. Richard Leakey 000earlyelephant Change image and share on social
The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here. Richard Leakey bitecapitalcattle Change image and share on social
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. Richard Leakey bonecategorizedifficult Change image and share on social
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. Richard Leakey fossilregionsource Change image and share on social
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. Richard Leakey 1980sareacorridor Change image and share on social
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. Richard Leakey ageareacontinue share on social
Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. Richard Leakey anarchyborderdistance Change image and share on social
