Ancestor Quote by Richard Leakey

You are the reason scientists decided that we descended from apes.

— Curly

I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us!

— Abraham Maslow

“Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite the fact that Darwin himself,…

— Henry Fairfield Osborn

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

The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to…

— Donald Johanson

None of the three great apes is considered ancestral to modern man, Homo sapiens, but they remain the only other type of extant primate…

— Dian Fossey

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

— Richard Dawkins

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

— H L Mencken

I don't think we came from monkeys. I think that's ridiculous. I haven't seen a half-monkey, half-person yet.

— Glenn Beck

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.

— Richard Dawkins

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

— H. L. Mencken

There is no need to upset about the fact that our ancestors were monkeys, because they are capable chaps! Don't be sad about the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan