Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings Book

Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings, looks different. says The New York Times Book Review. This fascinating biography of the First Family of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. Includes 50 , Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

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Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
Written by author Virginia Morell
Published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, August 1996
looks different". says The New York Times Book Review. This fascinating biography of the "First Family" of anthropology reveals how their discoveries, collaborations, and rivalries contributed to our own knowledge of the origins of humankind. Includes 50
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 scienti

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Chapter 1 Kabete 13
Chapter 2 From Cambridge to Olduvai 26
Chapter 3 Laying Claim to the Earliest Man 48
Chapter 4 Louis and Mary 68
Chapter 5 Disaster at Kanam 80
Chapter 6 Olduvai's Bounty 94
Chapter 7 Consequences 105
Chapter 8 Cloak-and-Dagger 121
Chapter 9 Race for the Miocene 137
Chapter 10 A Life in the Sediments 152
Chapter 11 Louis and Kenyatta 163
Chapter 12 "Our Man" 175
Chapter 13 Fame, Fortune, and Zinj 185
Chapter 14 Mary's Dig 197
Chapter 15 Murder and Mayhem 210
Chapter 16 The Human with Ability 225
Chapter 17 Chimpanzees and Other Loves 237
Chapter 18 Kichard Makes His Move 252
Chapter 19 A Girl for the Gorillas 263
Chapter 20 To the Omo 274
Chapter 21 Breaking Away 289
Chapter 22 Richard Strikes Oil 299
Chapter 23 Mining Hominids at Olduvai 309
Chapter 24 Dearest Dian 320
Chapter 25 Father and Son 333
Chapter 26 Jackpot at Koobi Fora 342
Chapter 27 Misadventure at Calico 358
Chapter 28 An Unstoppable Man 372
Chapter 29 Roar of the Old Lion 385
Chapter 30 An end and a Beginning 401
Chapter 31 The Best Bones 412
Chapter 32 The Gladiators' Clash 423
Chapter 33 On the Trail of Homo Erectus 433
Chapter 34 Mother and Son 445
Chapter 35 A New Contender 459
Chapter 36 The Name Game 470
Chapter 37 Footprints for the Mantelpiece 482
Chapter 38 Battling over Bones 491
Chapter 39 Richard Reborn 503
Chapter 40 "How Very Human" 517
Chapter 41 Grande Dame of Archeology 532
Chapter 42 A New Challenge 539
Epilogue 552
Appendix 555
Notes 557
Bibliography 609
Index 619

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I found this to be a really exciting read, tremendously informative about the discoveries and theories of the Leakey family regarding the origins of man. I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the topic, unless your interest is very focused on the "facts" of anthropology, exclusive of the story of how those facts have been discovered. In that case you would be better served by more of a textbook style book, or, at a more elementary level, something like Bernard Wood's Human Evolution, A Very Short Introduction.

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Chapter 1	Kabete	13
Chapter 2	From Cambridge to Olduvai	26
Chapter 3	Laying Claim to the Earliest Man	48
Chapter 4	Louis and Mary	68
Chapter 5	Disaster at Kanam	80
Chapter 6	Olduvai's Bounty	94
Chapter 7	Consequences	105
Chapter 8	Cloak-and-Dagger	121
Chapter 9	Race for the Miocene	137
Chapter 10	A Life in the Sediments	152
Chapter 11	Louis and Kenyatta	163
Chapter 12	"Our Man"	175
Chapter 13	Fame, Fortune, and Zinj	185
Chapter 14	Mary's Dig	197
Chapter 15	Murder and Mayhem	210
Chapter 16	The Human with Ability	225
Chapter 17	Chimpanzees and Other Loves	237
Chapter 18	Kichard Makes His Move	252
Chapter 19	A Girl for the Gorillas	263
Chapter 20	To the Omo	274
Chapter 21	Breaking Away	289
Chapter 22	Richard Strikes Oil	299
Chapter 23	Mining Hominids at Olduvai	309
Chapter 24	Dearest Dian	320
Chapter 25	Father and Son	333
Chapter 26	Jackpot at Koobi Fora	342
Chapter 27	Misadventure at Calico	358
Chapter 28	An Unstoppable Man	372
Chapter 29	Roar of the Old Lion	385
Chapter 30	An end and a Beginning	401
Chapter 31	The Best Bones	412
Chapter 32	The Gladiators' Clash	423
Chapter 33	On the Trail of Homo Erectus	433
Chapter 34	Mother and Son	445
Chapter 35	A New Contender	459
Chapter 36	The Name Game	470
Chapter 37	Footprints for the Mantelpiece	482
Chapter 38	Battling over Bones	491
Chapter 39	Richard Reborn	503
Chapter 40	"How Very Human"	517
Chapter 41	Grande Dame of Archeology	532
Chapter 42	A New Challenge	539
	Epilogue	552
	Appendix	555
	Notes	557
	Bibliography	609
	Index	619