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We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

~Don Marquis

Topics: Ancestors Fair Leave Mistakes Money Only Our Pay Seems Should Us

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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 single skeleton.

~Donald Johanson

Topics: Ancestors Arm Bone Brought Find Get Her Here Human Image Leg Lucy Our Percent Single Skeleton You

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But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor.

~Donald Johanson

Topics: Ancestors Comparisons Detailed Discoveries Fossil Four Had Human Lab Later Make New Observations Opportunity Other Realized Really She Species Three Until Very Years

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When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins.

~Donald Johanson

Topics: Ancestors Did Had Human Lucy Name New Opportunity Origins Realized Represent Revolutionary Species Step Understanding

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What's changed is we now have good anatomical, geological, archaeological evidence that Neanderthals are not our ancestors. When I wrote 'Lucy,' I considered Neanderthals ancestors of modern humans. We have gone back twice the age of Lucy, six million years. And we see that upright bipedal walking goes back that far in time.

~Donald Johanson

Topics: Age Ancestors Back Changed Considered Evidence Far Geological Goes Gone Good Humans Lucy Million Million Years Modern Now Our See Six Time Twice Upright Walking Wrote Years

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I was being groomed as an undergraduate to specialize in Midwestern prehistory, but going back to my teenage days, my interest has always been in our early human ancestors. I wanted to work in Africa.

~Donald Johanson

Topics: Africa Always Ancestors Back Been Being Days Early Going Human Interest Midwestern Our Specialize Teenage Undergraduate Wanted Work

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Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: About Ancestors Attraction Building Future Holds More Talking Than Worship

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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

~E. W. Howe

Topics: About Adam Adam And Eve Ancestors Boast Does Eve Ever Married Morality None Our Record Show Us Were

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In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.

~Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Topics: About Ancestors Combined Effective Era Independence Israel Jewish Land Modern Our Over Phenomenon Relatively Revolt Roman Rule Short Sovereignty Successful Time Years 100 Years

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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Ancestors Backward Forward Look Never People Posterity Who Will

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