It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.

To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from.

The problem of the apes is not a shortage of money, it is a shortage of strategy. Let us devote our minds... the one thing we have more of than other apes... and let's secure their future.

It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads.

I ... believe the study of human history remains important and should not be banned. We should ensure that any archaeological studies are conducted with sensitivity and respect. Reburying relics, in my view, does not help anyone go anywhere.

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.

In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the short term.