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Successful Evolution Lucy Paleoanthropologist Hadar

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

- Donald Johanson

Other quotes by Donald Johanson

Experience

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.

- Donald Johanson

Body

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.

- Donald Johanson

Idea Years

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.

- Donald Johanson

Answers Fact Right

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 questions to ask.

- Donald Johanson

Friends Time

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 friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.

- Donald Johanson

Discovery Will

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 discovery, a unique specimen.

- Donald Johanson

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