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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 Extremely Rare.

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 Anthropology. I Was Around 16 Years Old When I Made This Particular Choice Of Academic Pursuit.

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 Indian Villages In The Midwest And In The Southwest.

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 Some Of These Creatures.