Ancestral Passions
The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
$71.40
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
23 September 1996
Summary
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, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684824703 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684824701 |
| Author: | Virginia Morell |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Touchstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 1996 |
| Weight: | 781g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 41mm |
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About The Author
Virginia Morell
Virginia Morell is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine and a contributing correspondent to Science. She has also written for Smithsonian, Discover, The New York Times Magazine, International Wildlife, Audubon, Slate, and Outside, among other publications. She and her husband, writer Michael McRae, live in southern Oregon, on the edge of the Siskiyou Mountains, where they hike every day with their Scotch Collies, Buckaroo and Annie Oakley.
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