Word: fragment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Suddenly the leader stops, stoops and snatches a small brownish fossilized bone fragment out of the sand. "Nimeipata, " he says in Swahili to the man beside him. "I've got it." Then, "Meave!" he calls to the wom an, who runs to join him. Together they examine the bone for a moment, replace it on the exact spot where it was found, mark it with a stake, and resume their search...
...their team made an even more dramatic discovery. Not far from their first find, they uncovered the fossilized remnants of a 20-year-old female Australopithecus lying in a layer of sediment 3 million years old. Unlike most other fossils of early man ?a tooth here, a bone fragment there, occasionally a portion of a skull?this one comprised a good part of the skeleton...
...digs. Then, in 1963, on a chance flight over Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, he spotted what looked like interesting sediment beds and, encouraged by his parents, set off to explore the area. His first expedition proved to be a success; the team he assembled found a fragment from an Australopithecus robustus. He decided to become an anthropologist...
...covered proscenium arch set off by blue backlighting; but when combined with the main acting area, a sand-covered expanse in front of Jero's home/church, the intended effect is achieved. No flashy techniques distinguish the lighting scheme. Another minor criticism can be directed at the music--the same fragment of a song is heard between each and every scene as well as before the show, and by the third or fourth time this recurring theme begins to dull...
...which you promenade, admiring discreetly price-tag-less clothes, jewelry and paintings. On one side is the oldest non-profit craft cooperative in the USA, on the other the oldest guild of artists. All these places proclaim their uniqueness with the fervor of the faithful in possession of a fragment of the True Cross. And if this were Paris the artists would litter the sidewalks chronicling the scene...