Calico 032 copy.jpg 1973. It often takes about twenty years for a new idea to go from the field to the textbook. If your name is on the accepted textbook you can expect to get royalties for a long time. Textbooks average $102 these days. Fifteen percent of $102 makes a nice retirement income as long as your book is still current. Professors say new textbooks are hardly ever justified (surprise). If a new guy comes along and makes a discovery that makes your textbook obsolete ...
1970. The Calico Early Man Archeological Site was ready to go public in a big way. A Gala was planned, guests invited, spirits high. There are pictures from the time, showing smiling faces. It looked as if, even knowing they would face opposition, Louis Leakey, Dee Simpson and the corps of volunteers would establish Calico Man by proving they had his tools. This had happened more than once in Africa, where they found the tools before the bones. Things looked pretty good. Calico 029 copy.jpg ...
1991. One of our Desert Studies instructors told us that if we wanted to get experience on a real archeology dig we could volunteer at the Calico Early Man Site. She quickly added, "it is a disputed site so you won't be able to get any kind of official credit. They are professional, though, and they do everything the right way." That statement didn't mean much at the time. Calico 021 copy.jpg Tools used at the Calico Early Man Archeology Site We had ...
The legend of the Calico Early Man Site continues: Calico 019 copy.jpg When Dee Simpson met Louis Leakey in 1959, he was already famous in the fields of Archeology and Paleoanthropology. Also in 1959, Mary Leakey, his wife and partner would find the fossilized skull cap of Zinjanthropus in Africa, pushing the origins of mankind back to 1.75 million years ago. Her discovery would make the Leakeys world famous and Louis Leakey a household name. ...
I learned bits and pieces of the legend of the Calico Site while digging in the pit to the west of Master Pit #1. When you are digging on your knees for hours, you have time to talk. Some of the story I heard from Dee Simpson herself at a picnic they had for the members and volunteers. I was brand new and I knew next to nothing but I realized it was an honor to hear some of the highlights of the story of the Calico Early Man Site from her. Dee Simpson had collected some good samples ...
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