One Has To Take Initiative In Life

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.

Lucy Brought With Her An Image Of Our Human Ancestors That You Don't Get When You Find A Jaw Or An Arm Bone Or A Leg Bone. Here Was 40 Percent Of A Single Skeleton.

Scientists Are Very Afraid Of Being Proven Wrong.