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Richard Leakey: Does Prehistory Matter in the 21st Century?

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Dr. Leakey discusses the importance of understanding the past with particular reference to the current challenges we face in the 21st Century. He is Professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook and former Director of the Kenya National Museums and the Kenya Wildlife Service.

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  • Young Boy: Did you bring any fossils with you?

    Dr. Leakey: Son, I am a fossil.

  • Enjoyable, funny, honest lecture.

  • I don't see why pressures along the whole of humanity can't do some work on the genome itself, perhaps the general numbers will remain stable, but out of the sheer massiveness of the population, aberrant changes will occur, take hold and stabilize within the population

  • I can't drink enough coffee to keep me awake from this guys lecture.

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