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JUST A NOTE TO SAY GREAT JOB on the kfrp.com website. I've been interested
in human origins since my early school days -- especially the amazing work
and discoveries by members of the Leakey family. The site provides excellent
background on both the past and present of human
origins research in the
Turkana Basin.
I particularly enjoy the field reports from Louise
Leakey. They provide a
very personal and lively look into the day-to-day
activities of the fossil
hunters at Koobi Fora. By using the spontaneity of
digital photography
and the Internet, these field dispatches really give the
average person a
feeling of "being there." I look forward to future reports
when the
expedition resumes next year.
David Bell
Associate Professor, Library Sciences
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
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IT IS REFRESHING IN TODAY'S
POLITICAL CLIMATE
to find that there are still those who believe in pushing the the boundaries
of mankind's knowledge of himself. The minute we stop exploring and asking
questions and resign ourselves to simple answers that are easy to grasp, we
are doomed to history like the very bones in Koobi Fora. It's a shame all
the funds tossed to faith based organizations couldn't be spent more wisely.
Brad Arnold,
Morris, IL
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