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Quotes from Origins — Richard Leakey

1944–2022 Kenya

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The quality that accompanies the emergence of learning in the evolution of higher animals, namely intelligence, is surprisingly difficult to define.

Origins (1977)

In its extreme form self-awareness manifests itself in notions such as that of the soul, but in simple form it merely means to be aware of oneself as an individual among others.

Origins (1977)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Leakey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.