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The Origin of Humankind (Science Masters)

Politics & Social Sciences

RICHARD E. LEAKEY

Anthropology

Basic Books

Richard Leakey began his career following in the footsteps of his famous parents Mary and Louis, and becoming a renowned paleoanthropologist and head of Kenya's National Museums. In 1989, Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi put Leakey in charge of the Kenyan Wildlife Service. Ivory pachers were killing hundreds of elephants annually and the organization was close to collapse. Leakey sacked corrupt rangers and brough in millions of dollars from international donors to help enforce a ban on the ivory trade. But when Moi accused the service of corruption, Leakey quit, later forming an opposition party. He clashed with Moi but in July 1999 Moi appointed him head of Kenya's civil service and secretary to the Cabinet. He is now charged with ridding the government of corruption and jump-starting the economy. Leakey's clashes with poachers and the dictator Moi provide a dramatic focus for the book, in which he details the challenge he faced when he lost both his legs in a plane crash that many believe to have been caused by sabotage.

Wildlife Wars : My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants

Pan/Macmillan

Wildlife Wars: My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants

Biographies & Memoirs

Macmillan

A reassessment of human prehistory recounts the fossil hunting that led to the landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana and employs ideas from philosophy, anthropology, molecular biology, and linguistics to explore how humans acquired consciousness. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human

DOUBLEDAY

Richard Leakey, One Of The World's Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He Sees. To the philosophical the earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck in the rich stream of life. It is known that nothing upon Earth is forever; geography, climate, and plant and animal life are all subject to radical change. On five occasions in the past, catastrophic natural events have caused mass extinctions on Earth. But today humans stand alone, in dubious distinction, among Earth's species: Homo Sapiens possesses the ability to destroy entire species at will, to trigger the sixth extinction in the history of life. In The Sixth Extinction, Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin consider how the grand sprawl of human life is inexorably wreaking havoc around the world. The authors of Origins and Origins Reconsidered, unimpeachable authorities on the human fossil record, turn their attention to the most uncharted anthropological territory of all: the future, and man's role in defining it. According to Leakey and Lewin, man and his surrounding species are end products of history and chance. Now, however, humans have the unique opportunity to recognize their influence on the global ecosystem, and consciously steer the outcome in order to avoid triggering an unimaginable upheaval.

The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind

Roger Lewin

Social Sciences

A comprehensive survey of the fields that deal with human prehistory explains the techniques used in the study of the life, appearance, and evolution of human and prehuman ancestors

The Making of Mankind

History

Dutton

Origins

What New Discoveries Reveal about the Emergence of Our Species and it's Possible Future

E.P.Dutton Pub.

Origins of the human race, anthropology book has over 100 illustrations in full color. Softcover by Richard E. Leakey.

E.P.Dutton

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

Plume

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

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The Origin of Humankind (Science Masters)

Wildlife Wars : My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants

Wildlife Wars: My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants

Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human

The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind

The Making of Mankind

Origins

Origins

Origins

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