Commitment, Belief And Positive Attitude Are All

Normally, We Are Happy To Find A Fragment Of Jaw, A Few Isolated Teeth, A Bit Of An Arm, A Bit Of A Skull. But To Find Associated Body Parts Is Extremely Rare.

When The First Fossils Began To Be Found In Eastern Africa, In The Late 1950s, I Thought, What A Wonderful Marriage This Was, Biology And Anthropology. I Was Around 16 Years Old When I Made This Particular Choice Of Academic Pursuit.

My Real Father Died When I Was Two Years Old, So I Never Knew Him. He Was A Barber In Chicago.

But What Really Excited Me Was The Idea That Humans Had A Tremendous Pre-history That Went Back Millions Of Years. I Wanted To Go To Africa To Find Some Of These Creatures.

I Think That Many Of My Ideas Are Correct, But I'll Bet You, Before My Death Other Discoveries Will Be Made That Will Prompt Me To Alter Various Ideas I Have About Human Evolution.