" After scores of fossil discoveries on strings of expeditions, there is no secret to success in the field. An expedition makes the big discoveries because of the kind of team that one has on the ground, period. I’m impressed with this team. On average they’re very inexperienced; with the exception of Gabe and Didier, no one has ever seen the Sahara, some have never been on a paleontological expedition. Why take such a team? My most successful teams are composed of people with those very characteristics, who have the chance to do something they never had before. who are inspired to perform beyond 100%.”

– Paul Sereno, Expedition Team Leader, University of Chicago Paleontologist and Project Exploration co-founder.