Ancestors Quote by Donald Johanson

What's changed is we now have good anatomical, geological, archaeological evidence that Neanderthals are not our ancestors. When I wrote 'Lucy,' I considered Neanderthals…

— Donald Johanson

“They were made by Miss Lucy!”

— Bram Stoker

We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we…

— Milan Kundera

“THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL TIME… THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS… WILL BE REVEALED. 70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We…

— A.G. Riddle

If I have a question about women and their behavior or attitudes, I always double check things with Lucy.

— Rob Walton

Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.

— Christopher Hitchens

When I was about ten, I discovered evolution by reading a book by Wilhelm Boelsche and seeing a picture of Archaeopteryx.

— Konrad Lorenz

My most amazing discovery was becoming a mother. It changed everything. I can't imagine my life without these little beings.

— Deborra-Lee Furness

We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor,…

— Richard Leakey

This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's…

— Donald Johanson

We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first…

— Carl Sagan

I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans.…

— Al Jourgensen