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

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

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

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.

Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place.

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

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.