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Ancestral Passions

The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

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English
640 pages • 15.24 x 22.86 x 4.06 cm
Approx. weight: 0.78 kg
Publication date: 14 Aug,1996
Barcode/ ISBN: 9780684824703 • Touchstone
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By: Virginia Morell     
In this fascinating and authoritative work, acclaimed science writer Virginia Morell brings to vivid life the famous and infamous Leakey family, pioneers in the field of paleoanthropology: Louis Leakey, the patriarch, who persisted through initial scientific failures and scandal-ridden divorce to achieve spectacular success in digs throughout East Africa; Mary, his second wife, who worked alongside Louis as they made their outstanding discoveries at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere; and Richard, their son, who ascended to the top of the field in his parents’ wake, only to be threatened with both near-fatal illness and fierce professional rivalry. Morell transports us into the world of these compelling personalities, demonstrating how a small clan of highly talented and fiercely competitive people came to dominate an entire field of science and to contribute immeasurably to our understanding of the origins of humanity.

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