My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago. Donald Johanson barberchicagodie Change image and share on social
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 ancestorarmbone Change image and share on social
You don't just magically flip some evolutionary switch somewhere and transmute a quadruped into an upright-walking bipedal human. Donald Johanson bipedalevolutionaryflip Change image and share on social
Where we are going as a species is a big question. Human evolution certainly hasn't stopped. Every time individuals produce a new zygote, there's a reshuffling and recombination of genes. And we don't know where all of that is going to take us. Donald Johanson bigevolutiongene share on social
What makes us human depends on what place on our evolutionary path we're talking about. If you go back six million years ago, what makes us human is that we were walking upright. That's all. If you go to 2.6 million years ago, it's the fact that we're designing and making stone tools. Donald Johanson agobackdepend share on social
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 of effort. Donald Johanson achieveramountdedication Change image and share on social
All mammals undergo a certain degree of diversification. Darwin knew that. When he drew a family tree, it had many branches on it. Donald Johanson branchdarwindegree Change image and share on social
I was very intellectually oriented, very early on. Donald Johanson earlyintellectuallyorient Change image and share on social
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, anthropology. Donald Johanson anthropologyattitudebelief Change image and share on social
It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds. Donald Johanson changecommithard Change image and share on social