Ancestral Passions

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  • Ancestral Passions Book Detail

  • Author : Virginia Morell
  • Release Date : 2011-01-11
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 644
  • ISBN 13 : 1439143870
  • File Size : 81,81 MB

Ancestral Passions by Virginia Morell PDF Summary

Book Description: This biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. 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, their son, who ascended to the top of the field in his parents’ wake, only to be threatened with both near-fatal illness and fierce professional rivalry. Morell transports us into the world of these compelling personalities, demonstrating how a small clan of highly talented and fiercely competitive people came to dominate an entire field of science and to contribute immeasurably to our understanding of the origins of humanity.

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