Where did we come from? Where are we going?Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey by fitting together the pieces of our past to discover new answers to these age-old questions. The authors explore our long-buried past—from the feral roots of humanity, through the eons of time, to society today, replete with its wonders and anomalies—searcing for valuable insights into the future of modern society.
In this vast survey of human origins and evolution, Leakey and Lewin present intriguing scientific information in such a way that the general reader will be fascinated and drawn into the search.
"One of the most readable and informative boks of its kind." — Ashley Montagu, Saturday Review
"It is a pleasure to see in print an authentic representation of what are, with only minor exceptions, the views held by most of the professionals in the field. Graced with humor, intriguing ideas, and unfamiliar insights.' — Carl Sagan, The New York Times Book Review

Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of Our Species and Its Possible Future

Politics & Social Sciences

LEWIN, Roger

Leakey, Richard

Anthropology

Penguin??Books

In this engrossing memoir, one of the most controversial, influential, and inspirational figures in African politics today gives the full story of his crusade to save Kenya's natural resources, and specifically the African elephant--a crusade that set him against internal corruption, poverty, and dangerous criminals. Sometimes at the risk of his own life, Leakey's love of Kenya, and his convictions about the direction his country--and all of sub-Sahara Africa--must take to survive, have been unshakeable. Wildlife Wars is the odyssey of an extraordinary man in an extraordinary land.

Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures

Biographies & Memoirs

Morell, Virginia

Leaders & Notable People

St. Martin's: Griffin

Wildlife Wars: My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Pan/Macmillan

Richard Leakey questions the widely accepted idea of a 2 million-year-old ancestry of hunters and gatherers - the men hunting, the women raising children - that is the basis of modern man's nuclear family, and asks why the first signs of humanity occurred a mere 15,000 years ago in the cave paintings of Lascaux. What was going on in the minds of men before that first recorded expression of art and humanity occurred? Richard Leakey also wrote "People of the Lake" and "The Making of Mankind". Roger Lewin is also the author of the prize-winning "Bones of Contention".

Origins Reconsidered : In Search of What Makes Us Human

Archaeology

Abacus Little, Brown

The name Leakey is synonymous with the study of human origins,” wrote The New York Times. The renowned family of paleontologistsLouis Leakey, Mary Leakey, and their son Richard Leakeyhas vastly expanded our understanding of human evolution. The Origin of Humankind is Richard Leakey's personal view of the development of Homo Sapiens. At the heart of his new picture of evolution is the introduction of a heretical notion: once the first apes walked upright, the evolution of modern humans became possible and perhaps inevitable. From this one evolutionary step comes all the other evolutionary refinements and distinctions that set the human race apart from the apes. In fascinating sections on how and why modern humans developed a social organization, culture, and personal behavior, Leakey has much of interest to say about the development of art, language, and human consciousness.

The Origin Of Humankind (Science Masters Series)

Basic Books

Richard Leakey recounts his childhood, spent exploring the African wilds with his parents, his involvement in the study of human ancestry, and his struggle against a kidney disease which required a life-saving kidney transplant

One Life Richard E Leakey an Autobiography

Professionals & Academics

Salem House Pub.

This text contains two chapters from "The Origin of Humankind" on the characteristics that define modern Homo Sapiens - the flair for innovation, artistic expression and a sense of morality.

Human Origins (Phoenix 60p Paperbacks)

Orion Publishing Co

Sixieme extinction - evolution et catastrophes (La)

Flammarion

Die ersten Spuren. Über den Ursprung des Menschen.

Goldmann

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