Curiosity Quote by Charles Lyell

We were very, very lucky [with Tim White filmed making historic discoveries in the East African Rift ] . In 100 years, only three…

— Werner Herzog

I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa,…

— Richard Leakey

You know, many people believe that we archaeologists are just a collection of old fogies digging around in the ruins after old dried up…

— Griffin Jay

There are bodies buried everywhere you just have to know where to look.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.

— Alix Kates Shulman

Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is…

— Richard Leakey

“In short, the fossil record is perfectly compatible with the supposition that at some time between eight and six million years ago, at the…

— Elaine Morgan

The most I can hope for is to die in a pose that confuses future archaeologists.

— Yahtzee Croshaw

The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity of human…

— Eduard Suess

The number of known human fossils only increases slowly. But the manner of regarding and assessing them is capable of progressing rapidly, as indeed…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The whole story is about change. We are very lucky that the earth's history is recorded in fossilized remains. And we can see the…

— Richard Leakey

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

— George Gaylord Simpson