Richard Leakey: passionate, prickly and principled.

An interview with palaeoanthropologist Richard Leakey is presented. He notes a high-profile debate over Homo floresiensis or better known as the Hobbitt. He mentions that he quit palaeoanthropology in the late 1980s, going on to conservation and then to politics in his native Kenya. He also offers information on his charitable organisation WildlifeDirect, which is leading the fight against poisoning.