Most Achievers I Know Are People Who Have Made A Strong And Deep Dedication to Pursuing A Particular Goal. That Dedication Took A Tremendous Amount ….

Normally, we are happy to find a fragment of jaw, a few isolated teeth, a bit of an arm, a bit of a skull. But to find associated body parts is extre….

There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close ….

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it..

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indi….

And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questi….

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

My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago..

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

I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various idea….

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants..

In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discover….

Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong..

Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a s….

Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are t….

But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find s….

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, ….