Africa Quote by Louise Leakey

When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology…

— Donald Johanson

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

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

— Werner Herzog

“In 1864 a geologist named that supercontinent Lemuria, because he used the theory to account for the fact that living lemurs were found, in…

— Wendy Doniger

“Most living things never get fossilized, and most fossils end up in places where they are impossible to discover. It is impressive that paleontologists…

— Bill Nye

Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

— Pierre Loti

At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.

— Louis Leakey

“During the decades after Darwin published, field geologists and paleontologists have gone on to uncover and discover thousands and thousands of fossils. They have…

— Bill Nye

To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.

— Richard Leakey

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

“The world’s oldest ‘art’ (77,000 years old) comes from Blombos Cave on the southern coast of South Africa.”

— James David Lewis-Williams

When out fossil hunting, it is very easy to forget that rather than telling you how the creatures lived, the remains you find indicate…

— Richard Leakey