Description
In this illuminating memoir, a pioneering paleoanthropologist recounts her lifelong search for clues to human origins in the fossil-rich landscapes of East Africa. From painstaking fieldwork and extraordinary discoveries to the challenges of working in a demanding, traditionally male-dominated discipline, the narrative brings the science and adventure of paleoanthropology vividly to life. Blending personal history, family legacy, and reflections on evolution, it offers an intimate portrait of a career devoted to uncovering the deep past and understanding what it means to be human.
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paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2020
320 pages
ISBN: 9780358206675
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First Published
2020
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past by Meave Leakey.