Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Edwin H. Colbert

Born: September 28, 1905
Died: November 15, 2001 (aged 96)
Bio: Edwin Harris "Ned" Colbert was a distinguished American vertebrate paleontologist and prolific researcher and author.
Known for:
- Evolution of the Vertebrates (1955)
- The age of reptiles (1965)
- The little dinosaurs of Ghost Ranch (1995)
- Wandering lands and animals (1973)