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The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

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I got too old to live in the bush. You really need to be youngish and healthy, so it seemed stupid to keep going.

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I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.

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I quite liked having a baby - I think I won't put it more strongly than that. But I had no intention of allowing motherhood to disrupt my work as an archeologist.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: February 6th, 1913

Died: December 9th, 1996

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