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ANCESTRAL PASSIONS
THE LEAKEY FAMILY AND THE QUEST FOR HUMANKIND'S BEGINNINGS |
| By: |
Virginia Morell |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£26.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0684824701 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780684824703 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1996 |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
looks different". says The New York Times Book Review. This fascinating biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. Includes 50 photos. |
| Synopsis: |
No other family in history has dominated a scientific field as the Leakey family has. Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey have made key fossil discoveries that have shaped and reshaped our understanding of human origins. As a member of the tiny minority of scientists who believed that humankind originated in Africa millions of years ago, Louis Leakey helped to lay the theoretical groundwork for the science of paleoanthropology. In Ancestral Passions, Virginia Morell has written the first full biography of the Leakeys, a vivid portrait of a family whose contributions to science remain unmatched. |
| Illustrations: |
50 B-W photos - 16 pp insert |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Touchstone |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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