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

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.

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

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.

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

Echoing the criticism made of his father's habilis skulls, he added that Lucy's skull was so incomplete that most of it was 'imagination made of plaster of Paris', thus making it impossible to draw any firm conclusion about what species she belonged to.

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