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Ancestral Passions, The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
by Virginia Morell
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 1996
- PAPER
- 640 PAGES
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A biography of the Leakey family, documenting their discoveries and their vast contributions to the field of paleontology. Controversial, but dedicated to their science, the Leakeys have been instrumental in tracing human origins to East Africa. The book covers the lives and work of Richard, Louis and Mary as well as successive generations of the family.
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