‘I know that at least in palaeoanthropology, data are still so sparse that theory heavily influences interpretations. Theories have, in the past, clearly reflected our current ideologies instead of the actual data.’

Dr David Pilbeam (Physical Anthropologist), ‘Rearranging our family tree’. Human Nature, June 1978, p.45.

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