Frasi di Richard Leakey

1/10

Noi siamo umani perchè i nostri progenitori hanno imparato a spartirsi il cibo e le rispettive abilità in un intreccio di obblighi reciprocamente riconosciuti.

2/10

My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

3/10

I primati hanno bisogno di una nutrizione adeguata, per cominciare. Non solo frutta e piante, ma anche insetti.

4/10

It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now and we, the human race, are its cause.

5/10

Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds.

6/10

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.

7/10

Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death and thus an awareness of self.

8/10

Mio padre diceva sempre che, attraverso la cultura, gli esseri umani hanno effettivamente addomesticato se stessi.

9/10

The world's five thousand extant languages are products of our shared ability, but the five thousand cultures they create are separate from each other.

10/10

I have been raised to believe in freedom of thought and speech. If a minority wishes to accept that position it's their right. What I fear is that this minority may seem to be larger than it truly is. What is strange is that there are still people who believe the world is not a globe.