The sediments of time my lifelong search for the past

"Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir-written with her daughter Samira-encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field"--

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Main Authors: Leakey, Meave G. (Author), Leakey, Samira (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
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Summary:"Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir-written with her daughter Samira-encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field"--
Physical Description:xii, 388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780358206675
0358206677
9780358308942
0358308941
9780358311799
0358311799
Author Notes:MEAVE LEAKEY coheads field efforts in northern Kenya seeking fossil records to the roots of humankind. She has worked at the National Museums of Kenya since 1969 and is research professor at Stony Brook University. SAMIRA LEAKEY has degrees from the University of London and Princeton University.