Louise Leakey

"At age 12, the discovery of the Homo erectus from the west side of Turkana was a very exciting time, because we were at that site for quite a long period, we were able to engage and help and excavate it. There was a real sense of excitement about that excavation."

"Everybody enjoys being out-and-about as a small child looking for fossils, so it is second-nature to anyone to do that, I guess I was able to keep at it longer than most."

"It is a very important time in the world to realize that we do have a common past and we have a common future."

"I feel very strongly that we again need to focus on how we can safeguard these collections for future generations as well."

"What we’ve been focused on in our work is this story — on the upright, walking ancestral life of hominins."