David Attenborough has always been interested in nature and natural history and by the young age of 7, even amassed his own “museum” consisting of old eggs, stamps and fossils. A defining moment in his life came when his father introduced Jacquetta Hawkes; a young academic at the university where his father worked. Jacquetta helped to affirm his love for nature and his decision to be a naturalist from then on. Even till now, he still retains the habit of collecting interesting fossils he encounters during his travels.