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- Men
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We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.
- Light
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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.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.
- Now
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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.
- Cow
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The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here.
- Big
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The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
- Means
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Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds.
- Airplane
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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.
- Insects
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Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.
- Difficult
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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.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa, more or less complete at that. I think this is where the prelude to human history was primarily played out.
- Source
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils.
- Fossils
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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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