physical anthropologists

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physical anthropologists

Fossil huntress

Mary Leakey, paleontologist
2019
A picture book biography that looks at the life of anthropologist Mary Leakey.

Mary Leakey

archaeologist who really dug her work
Presents an illustrated introduction to Mary Leakey, the twentieth-century British archaeologist who discovered a fossilized skull that linked humans to apes.
Cover image of Mary Leakey

Jane Goodall and Mary Leakey

2015
Looks at the lives of archeologist Mary Leakey, and primatologist Jane Goodall.

Ancestral passions

the Leakey family and the quest for humankind's beginnings
1995
A biography of the Leaky family which has dominated the small but fiercely competitive realm of paleoanthropology, and looks at how their powerful personalities shaped the direction of research and influenced scientific debate.

The Leakeys

a biography
2005
Presents a biography of noted paleoanthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, and chronicles their research and fieldwork associated with their knowledge of human origin and evolution.

Ancestral passions

the Leakey family and the quest for humankind's beginnings
1996
A biography of the Leaky family which has dominated the small but fiercely competitive realm of paleoanthropology, looking at how their powerful personalities have shaped the direction of research and influenced scientific debate.

Mary Leakey

archaeologist who really dug her work
2009
Presents an illustrated introduction to Mary Leakey, the twentieth-century British archaeologist who discovered a fossilized skull that linked humans to apes.
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