Mananimalmananimal You tell me why, what, keeps my stub-toed Frye boot from kicking, jabbing the open-toed lavender sandals, nylon-encased toes; what stays the hand from grabbing the gray-suit lapels, from turning that wood-laminate table over; …
Joe Jehl still remembers the day in the spring of 1969 when he announced his findings at a press conference at the Natural History Museum.
Posted April 19, 1979
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