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Ancestral passions : the Leakey family and the quest for humankind's beginnings \ Virgina Morell

by Virgina Morell

This biography chronicles the lives and fossil discoveries of Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose work in Africa established the foundations of palaeoanthropology and transformed the scientific understanding of human evolution.

Accession 29246 ISBN 0684801922 Publisher Simon & Schuster
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