"But it really wasn't until three to four……" — Donald Johanson
"But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor."
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Donald Johanson
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27 Quotes by Donald Johanson
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I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be…
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Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication to Pursuing A Particular Goal. That…
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And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In…
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As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating,…
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My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in…
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Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
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Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in…
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In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from…
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But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years.…
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Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or…
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Normally, we are happy to find a fragment of jaw, a few isolated teeth, a bit of an arm, a…
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One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total…
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Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it…
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My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.…
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Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in…
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We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to…
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An irrefutable proof that such single-celled primaeval animals really existed as the direct ancestors of Man, is furnished according to…
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