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- Three million years old.

- Give or take a few hundred thousand.

- That makes it

the oldest human fossil ever found.

- If you don't count my ex-father-in-law.

We call him Adam.

- Your father-in-law?

- No, no, this guy.

Adam.

The first man?

- Doctor Firestone.

This might be what you say it is or it might not.

The fact of the matter is, you only have part of it.

The jawbone is missing.

- Yes, I know that, Mr. Ross.

That's why I've come to you.

With your help, I can find the rest of it.

- You're sure you haven't told anybody else about this?

- Cross my heart.

And I'm not going public until I have it all.

That's why I came back to New York to see you.

- Well, we've gone this far already, I guess.

All right.

- Oh, Mr. Ross, thank you!

Thank you so much!

- Welcome back to Africa, Diana.

- Thanks for the lift, Dr. Brinkman.

- Wonderful news about the grant.

- I thought you agreed there'd be no publicity.

- Well, I couldn't let a moment

like this go unrecorded.

- What did you tell them it was, a summit?

- Just a few more, Dr. Brinkman.

- Yes.

Can we get one?

No, please, Dr. Firestone.

- Here we are, Diana!

I've managed to get you all the necessary permits.

Uh,

now, there we are.

This is, this is where you'll be digging, isn't it?

- You're close.

- How close?

- You've got the right country.

- Now, now surely, Diana, you can trust me.

- Surely.

- You're not still angry about those photographers, are you?

What have you got against a little publicity?

- Nothing, when I've got something to publicize.

Can't we just wait til I find what I'm looking for?

- All right, Diana.

From now on, we'll do it your way.

Mums the word.

- Dr. Brinkman, the television people are here.

- Oh .

- Ta-ta, Dr. Brinkman.

- Diana!

You can't leave me alone,

what do I tell the television people?

- That you're having trouble with your reception.

- Hey you!

Look at you!

- Miriam!

Thanks, Barry!

- Come here!

- Oh, we're so glad you're here!

- How on Earth did you get the money this time?

- Well, I did everything but sell my body.

Oh, I might've done that too, but it slipped my mind.

- So how long will the money last?

- Well, that depends on you.

If you insist on eating, six months,

but I have a feeling we're gonna dig up Adam

long before that!

- Listen, I got real good news, I got the same crew!

- Oh !

- Diana.

- What?

- Diana, now listen, before all this hugging,

I think you ought to give them a little speech,

something inspirational.

- Oh, inspirational?

- Yeah.

- Right, let's go!

- All right, let's go!

How's New York?

- Oh, I love New York, where else can you see

all the best British plays?

- And how's Nairobi?

- Well, the traffic, if possible, is worse.

So is Dr. Brinkman.

I think I prefer the traffic.

I can't believe I'm actually back in this beautiful place!

- It's great, isn't it?

- Oh.

- I can't believe it!

- Who the Sam Hill is that?

- Whoever it is, they're digging

smack in the middle of our site.

- Well, well, well, hello!

Excuse my appearance,

we don't get a lot of visitors up here.

- Who the devil are you and what are you doing here?

- Being a keen judge of character,

something tells me you're not happy to see me,

whoever the devil I am.

And whoever the devil you are.

- I am Dr. Diana Firestone

of the National Institute of Natural History.

These are my colleagues, Professor Sioki and Dr. Finch.

This is our site and we have permission

from the government to dig here!

- I'm Mr. Tobias Williams and so have I.

- So have you what?

- A permit, who gave you yours?

- The Ministry of Culture.

- Ah, there you are then,

mine's from the Ministry of Interior,

and since this is the interior, I think I win.

- Oh really?

Well what are you digging for, diamonds, gold?

- Meerschaum.

- What?

- Meerschaum, you know, pipes, Sherlock Holmes and all that.

- I know what meerschaum is, Mr. Williams!

Do you realize that you are ruining

one of the most important paleontological sites in Africa?

- Paleontol...

Oh, bones, you mean?

- Fossils!

- Well, I can assure you, there aren't any right here.

But there is quite a lot of meerschaum.

Now, if I may suggest--

- Mr. Williams, you do not understand!

- I understand very well, Dr. Firestone.

You want to be here.

But I'm already here and I'm staying here.

- We'll see about that!

- Oh, very good, Dr. Firestone!

I'm impressed with your Swahili.

- And your telling them that, after supper,

to send me their old chicken bones

was childish and unamusing.

- And your telling telling them

where they might stick their old chicken bones

was inelegant, but not unamusing.

I always knew we made a mistake

giving the Americans their independence.

- I wasn't under the impression you gave it to us!

But he'll have destroyed everything before then.

- It'll take time, Diana.

- Yes.

- Be patient.

- Yes!

- There are two ministries involved.

- I am being patient, Dr. Brinkman,

what you are hearing now is patience.

You do not want to hear me when

I am impatient, Dr. Brinkman,

which will be in exactly 24 hours

if you don't get that pipe maker out of here!

- Much tact is required.

- All right!

- There are two ministries involved.

- All right!

- Be patient.

- Look, I understand Dr. Brinkman

and I'm not going anywhere, I'll be right here.

KX21 over and out.

- That's Brinkman, huh?

- Oh, Calvin.

- What'd he say?

- You don't wanna know.

- Okay if I take the Land Rover?

- What for?

- Well, a buddy of mine's local area commissioner

over in Lamasa.

Maybe he can do something for us.

- What, like run what's-his-name over with an elephant?

- It's worth a try.

Maybe, maybe he hates pipe smokers.

Maybe pipe smoking's an instrument of evil to his tribe.

- Yeah well, let's hope so.

Good luck.

- Okay, I'll see you later.

- Oh.

I know what you're thinking.

I could have handled it better.

- Diana, you know I love you, but--

- Uh oh.

- Sometimes it can't hurt to let the other person

have the last word.

- Because he's a man, right?

- Nnn nnn, because he's a person.

- He's an annoying person.

- Maybe you didn't give him a chance to be anything else.

- I suppose you found him fascinating.

- Especially from this angle.

- Oh, I don't believe it.

Don't stare.

You'll just encourage him.

- You want to trade places?

- No.

What do you think?

- I think he's trying to make up.

Maybe we should too.

- What do you want me to do, go scrub his back?

Well, maybe you're right.

Maybe it's time for a different approach.

- Look Enjoro, an emissary from the enemy camp.

Hmm, something tells me she's trying a different approach.

Hmm, invitation to dinner.

- Shall I tell Dr. Firestone anything?

- You tell Dr. Fire-and- brimstone I'd be delighted

to accept her gracious invitation.

- Mr. Williams, did Sherlock Holmes really smoke pipes

that come from Africa?

- Meerschaum, yes, absolutely.

- Except there was no Sherlock Holmes.

- But, if he had smoked Meerschaum,

it undoubtedly would have come from East Africa.

The best Meerschaum always comes from here.

- Or Turkey.

- How on Earth do you know that?

- Crossword puzzles.

- Well .

- Um, Meerschaum, what is it really?

- It's a form of clay so light and porous that it floats.

The word's German.

It means foam of the sea.

- How fascinating.

- No, really it's boring as hell.

Tell me, how long have the two of you worked together?

- Seven years now.

We started off by finding a very ancient rat's tooth

together near Lake Pretoria

and knew we'd make a good partnership.

- Rat's tooth, huh?

- Except we never found the rest of the rat.

- Yeah, until now .

- Um, brandy or whiskey?

- Brandy's dandy.

- Candy is dandy.

- Oh, I know the verse, Dr. Firestone.

Ogden Nash is a favorite of mine.

- Oh.

- Well, now you were telling me about your work.

- Come with me, Mr. Williams.

- "Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well."

- "I knew him well, Horatio."

Everyone thinks it's "I knew him well,"

but what Shakespeare actually wrote...

Anyway, it's not Yorick.

We call him Adam.

- Hello Adam.

- You are looking at what could be part of

the oldest hominid skull ever found.

- Where did you dig him up?

- On the site you are presently occupying.

Last February, but the rains came and our money ran out.

- Money has a way of doing that.

- We're almost certain that they travel in family groups,

so it's very likely there are going to be

more significant finds.

- At what depth did you find this?

- Three meters.

- Well, I've reached four meters now

and I haven't found anything.

- Hmm, anything your chainsaws haven't already destroyed.

- I think I've been fairly careful.

I always am.

Now, if you'd like to know what I think--

- Why would I wanna do that?

- Why not?

I just wanted to say I found a few bones myself

downstream a little way.

Now, if you try digging there--

- Then, I wouldn't be interfering with your work.

Nice try Mr. Williams, but I know where to look

and it's where you are.

- Don't you even want to see my bones?

- Well, I'm sure they're very nice

but I doubt that they're anything I'd be interested in.

- Mr. Williams.

- Thank you.

- Why don't I stop my work altogether?

- Oh, Mr. Williams, would you?

We'd pay you for your time, naturally.

- Oh, that's very generous of you.

- Oh, just think, just think how fulfilling it would be

to be part of the most important archaeological discovery

of the century.

- Yes, right.

May I make another suggestion?

- Oh yes, please do.

- Why don't you stop your work

and help me dig for Meerschaum?

- Are you serious?

- Why not?

You were.

- Think how fulfilling it would be

to make all the pipe smokers in the world

happier and better people.

- That's rude.

- Really?

You know, there's a rather arrogant presumption

on your part that what you do is so much more important

than what anyone else does.

Have you noticed that?

- Do I think that finding a vital link

in the history of man is more important

than digging up clay for pipes?

You bet I do.

- Maybe I do too.

And maybe all those people who like smoking pipes don't.

Knowledge has it's place, Doctor, but then so does pleasure.

- Don't you talk philosophy to me, Mr. Williams.

You don't give a damn about knowledge, history,

ecology, or anything else.

You're just in this for the money.

- And what's in it for you?

Fame and glory.

That ought to be worth a few dollars down the line.

I wouldn't be surprised if you already have a last name

for this Adam of yours, Firestone.

Firestone Man, right?

- Damn right, Mr. Williams.

- Well, now that we understand each other better,

I shall say good night.

- You must come over and see my camp sometime.

- Oh, we can see your camp perfectly well from here,

Mr. Williams.

In fact, we can see it all too well.

- Good night.

- Oh, uh, would it be asking too much to suggest

that you cover yourself the next time you bathe?

- Dr. Firestone, don't tell me I shocked you.

- Not at all, Mr. Williams.

It's simply the sight of a slightly overweight,

middle-aged Englishman lathering his bum

when I'm trying to eat my supper

has a rather chilling effect on the appetite.

- Very well then, next time, I shall, as you say,

cover myself.

- From what I saw, it wouldn't take much.

- Diana.

- Well, it wouldn't.

Good night, Mr. Williams.

- Thanks for dinner, Doctor.

It was truly fulfilling.

Professor Sioki.

- Can't you behave yourself?

- Well, I tried.

- Evening, Williams.

- Matter of interpretation.

- Hi.

- Well, any luck with the commissioner in Lamosa?

- No, he turned us down, but he did promise

to talk to the minister.

What's wrong with Williams?

He looked pretty ticked off.

- How should I know?

- Is this just sittin' here?

- Mmm hmm.

- Can I--

- Sure, go ahead.

- This should do nicely.

let me help you with that.

Right about here I think's good.

- You're sure we're not in your way?

- Just ignore us, Mr. Williams.

I assure you we'll do the same.

- You're about as easy to ignore as a charging rhino.

Back off, Doctor.

There's plenty of room for everyone.

- If we can't dig where we want,

we'll get as close as possible.

If I find any Meerschaum, I'll let you know.

Thanks .

- Here, Enjoro, try this.

Better.

- I hate to interrupt this drawing lesson, Enjoro,

but, if it's not too much trouble,

I'd like you to fix my shower.

As bands go, is that a good or a bad day's haul?

- Best we could expect after some maniac

with a chainsaw's been hacking up the place.

- Look, I know we've got off to a bad start.

Neighbors should try to get along,

so, since we're stuck here together for awhile,

we might as well behave in a semi-civilized manner.

- Meaning what?

- Meaning, I'm inviting the three of you for a Happy Hour.

- Yes?

When does Happy Hour begin?

- As soon as you can get there.

- Miriam, Calvin?

Would you care to join the abominable Mr. Williams

for a drink?

- Oh certainly.

- Count me in.

- I'll be expecting you then.

- You know there's something I been meaning

to ask you, Williams.

That boy who works for you, he's Maasai, isn't he?

- Yes.

His name's Enjoro.

I call him my Man Monday through Friday.

He's a damn fine cook, too.

You know, next time you have a dinner party,

I should send him over.

- If--

- Well, well, that, that's what's confusing.

I, I thought that all the Maasai figured camp work

was beneath them.

- Well, Enjoro's different.

He's got an odd history.

- In what way?

- Well, he's not held in very high regard by his people.

When he was just eight, his mother took him to the city.

And years later when he returned, he had trouble

adjusting to the old ways.

For example, he wouldn't fight.

That meant he couldn't become a moran, a warrior.

So, you see, he's just an outcast among his own people.

- Yeah, the Maasai are very strict in these things.

It's always been that way.

- Doesn't have to be.

- Here it does.

- I think I need a walk.

- Want someone to go with you?

- No, thank you.

- Like to see the lion stupid enough to take her on.

Your friend, she likes to take the world

on her shoulders, doesn't she?

- Well, let's just say that when she gets her mind

set on something, it's hard to shake her loose.

- Yes, but commitment and stubbornness

aren't exactly the same, are they?

- Enjoro, these are for you.

- Thank you.

- We're getting similar samples as the last time.

- Yeah.

- What do you think?

- Well, I reckon we're about in the same layer

as when we found that skull.

Well, let's concentrate everybody on grid 16.

And clear some brush from over there.

Maybe we'll start another grid.

- Okay, you got it.

- Ever heard of a thing called a camera?

- Yes, but doing it this way allows me to concentrate

on the details.

And in this business, it's the details

that tell you how to proceed.

Precise color of a chip of bone, the shape of a small tooth,

they can be clues to the difference of hundreds of thousands

of years.

Shouldn't you be off laying waste to the countryside.

Come with me, there's something I'd like you to see.

- What?

- Do you have to know the answer to everything?

Can't you just accept the possibility

of a pleasant surprise?

- Sometimes I can.

- Oh, don't be such a prune.

- Well, I suppose a minute or two of insults

could liven up the afternoon.

- Watch your step there.

- Hmm.

Are we almost there?

- Don't be so impatient.

- Miriam, Miriam!

- Yes?

Get me a flashlight.

- Are they all yours?

- They're from Tarkanan.

That train's packed with my Meerschaum for Nairobi.

These will be packed later.

- You ever heard of a thing called a truck?

- Yes, but camel doesn't need petrol,

doesn't rust, doesn't get stuck in the mud,

and they're a damn sight more interesting to look at.

Ever ridden on one?

- Well, of course I have.

- But not for years.

- I'd like you to meet Siamba.

- Well, hello Siamba.

You have beautiful eyelashes.

- Here.

- You'll wanna make sure to hold onto this--

- Yes, I know, I know.

- Strange.

It appears to be an old volcanic vent.

Let's see how far this goes.

- Go carefully.

- I'll just check if it's stable.

Solid magma in the soil.

It's definitely volcanic.

Wait here.

- Is it Adam?

- Not unless he died in the last hundred years.

Get Dr. Firestone and Dr. Finch.

- I should be getting back to the dig.

- You're a real obsessive, aren't you?

- People in my profession usually are.

A lot of demented diggers.

- Not like the Meerschaum business.

We're a happy-go-lucky lot.

- Is that all you do, dig for Meerschaum?

- Day and night, no.

- I meant professionally.

- Well, that depends on what one calls a profession.

How about alligator wrestling?

- You did that?

- Well, you're trying to capture live ones,

wrestling is about the only option one has.

- Then what did you do?

Sell them to zoos?

- Oh, I don't like zoos.

Animals go insane in captivity.

No, we were moving them from an area

that was being developed to a national park

where they'd be left alone.

- Well, I'd call that a profession.

What else?

- What else?

Let's see started an air taxi service in Ghana

that went bankrupt.

A trading post in Uganda that was nationalized.

That's official-eeze for confiscated.

Opened a Land Rover agency in Mombasa.

My partner pushed me out though,

Sir Gary Amunde.

Oh, represented a whisky company in Angola

until the communists convinced the people to drink vodka.

Want to hear more success stories?

- Is there anything you haven't tried?

- I'm sure there's one or two golden opportunities

I haven't scrambled up yet.

I'll get around to them eventually no doubt.

- What did you wanna be when you were young?

- Promise you won't laugh?

- No.

- No, you won't laugh?

- No, I won't promise.

- A lifeguard.

Think of it, we're sitting on a beach all day,

basking in the sun, gazing out at the ocean,

watching the birds in their bikinis.

Was there ever a better job invented by man?

- Not much future in it.

- Well, I've never been too crazy about that word.

Nothing makes the time pass quicker

than thinking about the future.

Can't wait until tomorrow, can't wait until I grow up,

can't wait until I retire.

You know what's happening while you can't wait?

You're life's getting used up.

Next thing you know you're through waiting

because it's all over.

No, I'll take the present over the future any time.

- There's something missing from all that.

- What?

- A career, a plan, a goal.

- Those things are important to you, aren't they?

- Very.

- No, they're not to me.

- Well, that's the difference between us, Mr. Williams.

You only care about the present

while my life is dedicated to a future built in the past.

- Come quickly.

Miriam has found something.

- Dr. Firestone.

Miriam went inside and it caved in.

- Mr. Williams, there's trouble in the camp.

- Miriam!

Miriam!

IF you can hear me, answer me.

- Hey, what's happening?

- Diana and Miriam are down there and it's caved in.

- A flashlight, anybody got a flashlight?

Here.

- Ow.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- Want me to go with ya?

- No, you stay here

and .

Miriam, damn it, where are you?

Miriam?

Do you hear me?

Calvin!

Pull!

- Easy.

- There she is.

Grab her, help him, help him.

- Careful, watch her head.

Your job is to get back on your feet

just as soon as possible.

Don't you worry about a thing.

Calvin's gonna go to Nairbobi with you.

- You try to stay out of the discos for a few nights, huh?

- I'll talk to you in a few days.

- All right, hold on.

- How about some barely drinkable tea with brandy?

- No thanks.

- Go ahead.

- It's a light shock.

You both could have been killed.

Takes a while for that to sink in.

- I wanna thank you for your help

this afternoon, Mr. Williams.

- We were all very lucky today.

- Those tunes that Enjoro plays on his flute,

they're lovely.

I've never heard them anywhere in Africa before.

- I asked him about them once.

He said they just came into his head.

- That's what Mozart said.

He's very talented.

Just think what he could do with an education.

- Isn't what he's doing enough?

- Maybe it is.

- You know, that's the first time since we met

that you've even partially conceded a point.

There may be hope for you yet.

- Nashar.

Maasai friends have come to warn us about a rogue lion

that's killing their cattle.

I'm packing my crew over there to help them hunt it down.

Have you ever seen a lion hunt?

- No.

I'm not sure I want to.

- Well, why don't you come along just for the ride?

You can see the village and give your bones a rest

at the same time.

- All right.

- We leave in half an hour.

No need to dress.

- Dr. Firestone, this is Nashar.

- I promised Nashar he can ride up front.

You won't mind, will you?

- Oh, no, no.

Friendly, isn't he?

- No, he likes you.

I've never seen him take to anyone so fast.

- Really?

- The lion do this?

- Yes.

I'd say it's pretty old by the look of it.

That's when they're most dangerous.

They've been pushed out of the pride by the young lions

and they have to survive any way they can.

- That's how we treat our old people.

You gonna track him now?

- The kill isn't that fresh.

He could be miles away by now.

Let's pay our respects to their village first.

- How long have you been teaching here?

- About three years now.

- Three years?

- Yeah.

- How many children?

- About seven.

- Is that Tobias Williams, huh?

- Yeah, he donated these to us.

He got a number of books in there.

- Really?

- A number of chalks.

- Chalk and everything?

- Yeah.

- Oh, my goodness.

- We're well-equipped.

- Amazing people, aren't they?

- Yes, and very beautiful.

- Not sorry you came?

- No.

I saw those books.

Quite the philanthropist, aren't you?

- Ah, they help me, I help them.

- Business is business.

The teacher was really singing your praises.

- Ah, he shouldn't tarnish my image that way.

- Oh no, of course not.

- But it didn't have to be books.

It could have been bubble gum and blue jeans.

- Good idea.

I'll try that next time.

You have to drink some, I'm afraid.

Would be rude not to.

It's made from--

- I know what it's made from

and I'm trying not to think about it.

What's happening?

- They've spotted the lion again near the cattle.

Would you like to come?

- If I don't, they may ask me

to drink some more of this pombe.

You haven't had any yet.

- You mean, you mean you don't like

fermented milk and cow's blood?

- Enough, oh please.

- Mmm.

- This fellow's a smart old lion.

He's not going to let himself get cornered this easily.

Lost him for today.

- Well, if you wanna know how I'd catch him--

- Dr. Firestone, I wouldn't presume to tell you

about old bones.

Leave the lion hunt to me.

- All right, but I still think my idea's worth listening to.

- All right, let's hear it then.

I haven't had a good laugh in an hour.

- Why don't you just stake out his earlier kill?

Bet ya anything he'll come back to feed on it again.

- That wouldn't work.

- Why?

- Because.

- Why?

- Because it wouldn't.

- Hmm.

- Nashar.

- Where's Enjoro?

- I'm leaving my crew to help protect the cattle tonight.

Enjoro has to cook for them.

They don't like Maasai cuisine.

- You can't just leave him here.

You know how difficult it is for him.

- He should be used to it by now.

He'll be all right.

- Used to it?

How insensitive can you be?

- Now, look Doctor, Enjoro works for me

and I need him here.

If you want to babysit, that's your affair.

Otherwise, get in and I'll drive you back.

- If you really wanna help the Maasai

why not start with Enjoro?

Make the others see what harm they're doing

to an innocent boy.

- I can't do that.

- Why not?

- Because their tribal customs are none of my business.

I could do a certain amount to help them survive

in a world they want no part of,

but I can't interfere in their culture.

It's what makes them what they are.

Now, either you respect that

or you're part of the bleeding problem.

- You really see yourself as the great father protector,

don't you?

How pompous and arrogant.

How very British.

- And you want to interfere

before you understand the reality.

How very American.

- Good bye, Mr. Williams.

Once again, your company has proven to be

absolutely resistible.

- Where the devil do you think you're going?

- Where I don't have to see you, hear you, or smell you.

- Smell me?

I happen to wash regularly.

- Try washing your pipe.

- Silly cow.

Smells wonderful.

Get in.

It happens to be 10 miles back to your camp.

All right, if that's how you want it.

By the way, good luck with that lion.

He should be getting hungry again by now.

No, you're right, you can take care of him all right.

Just tell him he's pompous and arrogant.

That should do the trick.

Killed my appetite.

Good luck.

- Roar!

Meow.

- Infantile.

- Dr. Firestone, Dr. Firestone.

- Yeah?

- Lydia says Miriam will be all right

and Dr. Calvin will be back soon.

- Oh, that's great news.

Thanks.

Well, you look somewhat presentable.

- But I couldn't find the trousers.

- You also smell somewhat presentable.

- Well, thank you.

Coming from you, that's high praise indeed.

- Don't overdo it.

- Would you care to see our exclusive wine list?

- There's only one wine on it.

- I said it was exclusive, didn't I?

- We said some pretty awful things today.

- I think that's rather a hopeful sign, don't you?

Cheers.

- Cheers.

- I fell in love with Africa the first moment I saw it.

Historians have been arguing for centuries

about where the Garden of Eden was located.

There's no doubt in my mind it was right here.

- Did you ever fall in love

with anything less than a continent?

- Hmm, once or twice.

- But, you never married.

- How do you know that?

- Well, you act like a man who's used to being on his own.

- No, I never found a woman

who could put up with my brand of nonsense.

My habits, my gypsy life.

My pipe.

- Oh, I can do that.

- Something I can do.

This bloke you was married to, what was his story?

- He was a paleontologist too.

Trouble was, his career had peaked

and mine was just getting started.

Not very conducive to conjugal bliss.

Then he started wanting things he knew I couldn't give him.

A real home, regular meals, kids.

A wife with clean fingernails.

- Silly stuff like that.

- He finally got what he wanted.

- What?

- Jennifer.

A big, broad-hipped, blonde who got pregnant

when he looked at her,

and loads of inherited money in the bargain.

And he gives boring lectures at a boring girls' school

in New England .

Oh, dear Paul .

- And you?

- Me what?

- What are you looking for?

- A single man, one that is silent, unique,

and elusive.

- Ahh, Adam.

- That's right.

I already have part of him.

Rest of him's buried out there somewhere.

- Maybe he's closer than you think.

If the Doctor would care to follow me.

- Well, these are mostly small rodents.

This is a reptile.

Where'd you get them?

- Um, I told you I was careful when I dig.

Worth anything, are they?

- No.

They're well-preserved but fairly common.

- This is worthless too, I guess.

- Good Lord.

Where did you find this?

- About two hundred yards downstream.

Tried to tell you that at that first night at dinner,

but you thought I was trying to trick you.

Is it Adam?

- Why, I can't say straight off.

I'll have to measure it and match it against my skull.

- Well, how about a nightcap to celebrate,

possibilities?

You're welcome.

- Must you do that?

- This is maddening.

Why don't you just join them together and see if they fit?

- Mr. Williams, do I tell you

about Meerschaum-- - Meerschaum, I know, I know.

- Besides, doesn't match.

- Doesn't, are you sure?

- Mmm hmm.

It's very close in age, but it's definitely not Adam.

- Well, after all, it is a jawbone.

- Okay, how about an explanation?

- About what?

- Not telling me about this until now.

Allowing me to dig on an inferior site,

when you knew all the time--

- I've already told you, every time I talk to you,

you always knew best.

Besides--

- Besides what?

- If I gave you that jawbone

and it had turned out to be Adam,

we'd never have had a chance

to get to know each other better.

- Incredible.

You mean, you were actually willing to hold up

an important advance in human knowledge

so we could know each other better?

- Why not?

The world has waited millions of years for this advance.

A couple of more days couldn't have hurt.

- So, now that you've given it to me,

I suppose you do know me better.

- A little.

- Just what is it you think you know?

- I know that everything you do that I disapprove of,

your compulsiveness, your combativeness,

your stubbornness are things that I've come to admire.

- If you're trying to convince me that you are not

a totally insensitive ass, you're wasting your time.

- I'm not trying to convince you of anything.

I just want to help you with your old bones.

- Just whose old bones are we talking about?

- Do you think you could keep your mouth shut

long enough for me to kiss it?

I don't want to hold up your work.

Now that you know where to dig,

I'm sure you'll want to get on with it right away.

- I guess the world could wait another day.

- Good morning.

- Morning.

- Have a good night?

- Not too bad.

- If you've nothing better to do,

how about breakfast?

- Don't mind if I do.

- Your place or mine?

- Mine.

20 minutes.

- I'll be there.

I don't know about all of this.

Next thing you know, I'll be reading the Times

and asking you to pass the marmalade.

- Uh, would you rather we didn't talk at breakfast?

- I don't know.

I haven't had breakfast with a human female for years.

It seems all right.

So far.

- Well, it's okay with me.

- I'm not sure I could keep it up three meals a day.

- Oh, well, well, you have nothing to worry about.

I never eat lunch.

- Come on, I'll show you where I found that jawbone.

I was running test bores right along here

as indicated by these markers.

And I found the jaw right off this last marker here.

It was exposed, right there in the sand.

- There?

- Here.

- Well, I guess maybe it could have washed down river.

- You're the expert.

- Come reinforcements, Dr. Firestone.

- Mmm hmm .

- Hey.

Nothing so far, eh?

- We're not through yet.

- Well, if it were easy, it wouldn't be

so much bloody fun, right?

- Now you're getting the picture.

- What's wrong?

My socks match.

- Just stay where you are.

And don't move.

- Look at that.

Look at that.

What's the verdict?

- It's a perfect match, no doubt about it.

- Adam you mean?

- No, no your person.

The jaw fits perfectly.

- What do we call him then?

Adam's best friend?

- Oh, I can't be absolutely sure.

I've ordered some radiocarbon testing

to determine the age.

I sent some scrapings back to the States.

- All right, but what do you think?

- I've got a good feeling.

- At last.

Firestone Man, huh?

- No, no, no, no, no.

You found the jaw, so it's really the Williams Man.

- No, I don't need that.

You're the one in the bone business.

It's my gift to you.

- Oh.

I don't understand who would do a thing like this

to you, Enjoro.

Please tell me who it is.

- I cannot.

- Please.

I only wanna help.

- He's not about to tell you.

Leave him alone.

- I think he's been left alone too damn much already.

All of this is because you insisted on leaving him there.

- Now, don't make more of this than it is.

He's all right.

- He is not all right!

And you won't do anything for him

because of some ancient tribal custom.

- I took him in, didn't I?

- Yeah, right, and then you sent him back.

- For only one night.

- Rome was burnt in a night.

- This isn't Rome and you don't know

what the hell you're talking about.

Now, listen to me.

He's one of those unfortunate people

who's fallen between the cracks.

He doesn't fit in with his own people anymore

and he doesn't belong here either.

There are people like that in the world

and you can make yourself very unhappy trying to change it.

You can't change it, Diana.

This isn't your country and these aren't your people.

- People are people, damn it.

- Now what the hell does that mean?

That Hottentots and Eskimos feed

and bleed and love their kids.

That's just another one of your glib generalizations.

You have grand theories about the world,

but you fail to take into consideration

the problems of individuals.

Enjoro is the victim of two imperfect societies,

his and ours.

Leave it alone.

- I can't do that.

Now, I don't give a damn if he can be a Maasai warrior.

He's bright and he's talented and I wanna help him.

- No you don't.

You want to mother him.

And just because you had no children of your own--

- Come with me.

- Diana, where do you think you're going?

Don't take him to the village, Diana.

Diana, will you listen to me?

If you take him to the village,

you're going to stir up more trouble

than you or he can ever handle.

Diana.

Diana!

- Get out of my way.

- Not until you listen to reason.

You can't go there and start trouble

about things you know nothing of.

We can play this bloody game all day,

but you're not going there.

- Damn.

- All right then, let's have a look.

Now then,

you go back to your camp.

I'll go up to the village to pick up my men.

Of course, just try to be reasonable,

that's all I ask.

You're a lunatic!

You're a certifiably crazy person.

- You have to tell me Enjoro.

You must trust me.

I can help you.

It was Nashar, wasn't it?

Enjoro, wait.

- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

- Ho, ho, ho, ho .

- Hear you were nearly killed by that lion.

Serves you bloody right.

- I was nowhere near the lion.

It was Enjoro who saved Nashar's life

and he still won't talk to him.

What's the matter with these people?

- Where is he?

- I don't know.

- How's Nashar?

- He's over there.

I tried to help but they wouldn't let me.

Women don't count for much around here.

- It isn't women, it's insensitive interfering women.

- You really feel that way, don't you?

- No, I'm enlightened.

I get just as steamed off at insensitive interfering men.

He'll be all right.

- What about Enjoro?

- Obwa tells me Enjoro has brought disgrace on his family.

- His family?

How?

- Nashar's his half brother.

Obwa's their father.

- I had no idea.

- Now, don't tell me there's something you didn't know.

- Never mind.

How disgraced?

He acted as a true warrior.

Isn't that what all this is about?

- What it's all about is cattle.

With the Maasai, their cattle come first.

It's a sign of every man's wealth, his influence,

his honor.

And Enjoro, in saving Nashar, allowed a cattle to be killed.

- Allowed?

He risked his life to save Nashar.

- Diana, the Maasai don't think that way.

Cattle are their first priority.

- That's ludicrous.

- Is it?

What about those little scraps of paper called cash,

that our countrymen, yours and mine,

cheat and kill for, risk their lives

running into burning buildings for.

Is that any more absurd than cattle?

Look.

Are you all right, Enjoro?

They've trapped the lion.

They've trapped the old boy down in there.

Rather take him out in the open.

Enjoro!

We can spot him better from the edge of the gorge.

- This is his last chance.

He knows it.

We can't take that away from him.

- Well, he seems to have solved his problem

by himself thanks to you.

Let's hope he's really where he belongs.

- Yeah, I'm gonna miss him, though.

- So will I.

What happens now?

- With what?

- With us.

- Oh, I don't know.

Every time we agree something else comes along.

- Some people might call that

a relationship.

- Yeah.

Some people might call it World War III.

I, I have another problem.

- What's that?

- I can't call you Tobias.

That's a silly name.

- Call me anything you like.

- How about Toby?

- Except Toby, please.

- Oh, well, there, you see.

We can't even agree on that.

What are we gonna do?

- Well, for a start, why don't we save time and expense

and combine our two camps.

- Oh sure, now that Enjoro's gone,

you're looking for a new cook.

- Not yours, heaven forbid.

- Maybe we should just let things stay the way they are

for the time being.

- Why?

- Because you're changing me and I don't like it.

- Why?

- Because I know who I am

and what's important in my life.

Everything you say, everything you do

is just totally opposite from what I want.

- What do you want?

- To accomplish something.

To make a difference.

You're happy just letting things go on around you.

And you won't be satisfied

until you've got me doing the same thing.

Well, I can't do that.

It's against everything I believe in.

- All right.

And if those carbon tests are positive,

if you really have found the earliest man,

you'll probably go back to the States,

to fame and fortune,

book, lecture tour,

TV talk shows,

cover of Time Magazine.

- Would that be so bad?

- That depends.

If you don't care that your earliest man

may cost you your latest man.

- You could come with me.

- And do what?

I belong in Africa.

I'd be useless anywhere else and I can't change that.

- Another stalemate.

I'm sorry I slapped you.

- No, I shouldn't have said what I did.

I guess it's catching.

- From me you mean?

- I don't think you've ever stopped yourself

from saying anything in your entire life.

- You're wrong.

I'm doing it right now.

Something to show you.

Enjoro delivered it then he disappeared.

- It's quite good.

- He was dressed as a warrior.

- He's all right then?

- Mmm hmm.

What's all this?

- Just packing up.

We've just about exhausted the Meerschaum in this area.

- You're leaving?

- Don't seem to have a reason to stay.

- You're gonna go look for some more Meerschaum?

- No, I've had enough of that.

I've got a chance to do some construction.

A bridge near Mombasa.

- Oh.

- You expecting anyone?

- Hmm unn, you?

Well, let's go see who it is.

- You go on.

It'll be for you.

I've got a lot to do here.

- Calvin!

- Ha, hey.

- Miriam!

It's so great to see you both.

What are you doing here?

Why didn't you tell me?

- Well, it's a surprise.

- What, what, what?

- We brought a visitor.

- Yeah?

- Well, he didn't exactly,

he brought himself.

- Diana!

- Oh, oh dear.

Oh, Calvin.

- This is Anna Latu, the museum photographer.

- How do you do?

- I had to come and tell you personally.

The carbon test of those scrapings you sent,

are over three million years old.

- Ohhh! - Ah, you did it.

- The young man who brought them tells me

you've assembled a whole skull.

Then, you've found the oldest,

the oldest recorded human head.

- Phenomenal.

Well, training for.

- This is just wonderful.

- Diana, come here, will you?

I just want a picture of you actually holding the skull.

A record for posterity.

- When did you find it?

- Well, it's a long story but if it hadn't been for Tobias--

- Tobias?

- Uh huh, it's a silly name, isn't it?

Mr. Williams.

- Don't tell me it was cooperative.

- Very.

I'm sure he'd love to see both of you.

Excuse me, Dr. Brinkman.

- We'd like to photograph you at the dig.

- Oh, you can photograph anything you like.

We have to go see a neighbor.

Excuse me, Dr. Brinkman.

- Certainly.

I'm just happy to gaze at him.

- Asked Brinkman to get in the act.

- In on it?

He wants to be it.

- I couldn't shake him loose with a stick.

- He may deposit one before we get back to Nairobi.

- I'm afraid he'd explode.

- Calvin.

Tobias?

Tobias?

Hmm.

Dr. Firestone, could you tell us please,

how long the search has taken you.

- Well, about three years.

And there were a few problems en route,

but I always, I always thought he was out there

waiting for me.

- What problems in particular did you encounter?

- Well, bad weather, ran out of money,

not getting the proper permits.

- And, another question?

- Dr. Firestone, Toby Williams, London Times.

- You're not the London Times.

I'm from the London Times.

- Shut it and sit down.

- Excuse me, Mr. Williams.

What was that first name again?

- Toby.

- I see.

- Doctor, having found a three million-year-old man,

have you considered that there might be

another man out there?

- Oh yes.

But the question is where?

- There are encouraging reports about some old bones

in Mombasa just waiting for you to dig them up.

- I've heard about those old bones.

But how can I be sure they're the same ones?

- Bones don't change, Doctor.

People do.

- Do they?

Do they really?

- Why don't you come to Mombasa and find out?

- You at the back, in the turban.

- Jaga Sim, Punjab Times.

Dr. Firestone, what, in your opinion, is still to be found

in your field of expertise?

- Hmm.

- Diana?

- The answer is yes.

- That's a very strange answer.

- Yes?

I don't understand.

- Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

- Yes, yes, yes, what?

- Mombasa Man,

definitely going to be my next project.

- The limo will take you straight to the airport.

- Oh, it's wonderful, Dr. Brinkman.

- Bye bye.

- Bye.

- Bye bye.

- Bye.