When The First Fossils Began To Be

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.

Evolution Explains Our Biological Evolution, But Human Beings Are Very Unique Creatures. As The Dobzhansky Said, All Animals Are Unique; Humans Are The Uniquest. And That Uniqueness Of Being Human, Language, Art, Culture, Our Dependency On Culture For Survival, Comes From The Combination Of Traditional Biological Evolution.

Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication To Pursuing A Particular Goal. That Dedication Took A Tremendous Amount Of Effort.

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.

There Have Been Some Friendships Lost Over This. That's The Most Difficult For Me. I Find It Very Uncomfortable To Know That I Was At One Time Close Friends With Someone, And Because Of Jealousies And Misunderstandings And So On, These Friendships Have Dissolved.