olduvai gorge (tanzania)

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

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.

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.

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.

Examines the life of the noted anthropologist and describes her discoveries digging for fossils of our ancestors in East Africa.

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