[medved]

I mean who the hell would take somebody who'd been searching all of Africa for a skull for the last 25 years seriously?

Someone who respects other people's hard work.

The basic idea for succeeding in this life is to work as hard as necessary and as smart as possible. Spending 25 years searching all of Africa for a skull does not meet any rational definition of working smart.

[balrog666]

The basic idea for succeeding in this life is to work as hard as necessary and as smart as possible. Spending 25 years searching all of Africa for a skull does not meet any rational definition of working smart.

You think he has been ignoring everything else he has dug up in the last 25 years? Including the megalodon shark teeth?