The Sediments of Time by Meave Leakey

The Sediments of Time by Meave Leakey

"Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs."

--New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice



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.



In The Sediments of Time, preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early pre-human ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team's fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors.

 

Meave's own personal story is replete with drama, from thrilling discoveries on the shores of Lake Turkana to run-ins with armed herders and every manner of wildlife, to raising her children and supporting her renowned paleoanthropologist husband Richard Leakey's ambitions amidst social and political strife in Kenya. When Richard needs a kidney, Meave provides him with hers, and when he asks her to assume the reins of their field expeditions after he loses both legs in a plane crash, the result of likely sabotage, Meave steps in. 

 

The Sediments of Time is the summation of a lifetime of Meave Leakey's efforts; it is a compelling picture of our human origins and climate change, as well as a high-stakes story of ambition, struggle, and hope.



"A fascinating glimpse into our origins. Meave Leakey is a great storyteller, and she presents new information about the far off time when we emerged from our ape-like ancestors to start the long journey that has led to our becoming the dominant species on Earth. That story, woven into her own journey of research and discovery, gives us a book that is informative and captivating, one that you will not forget."

--Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute

Meave Leakey, the former head of the National Museums of Kenya's Division of Paleontology, has lately made headlines as the leader of the team that unearthed the 3.2-3.5 million-year-old hominid Kenyanthropus platyops.

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ISBN 13	9780358206675
ISBN 10	0358206677
Titel	The Sediments of Time
Autor	Meave Leakey
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Mariner Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-11-10
Seitenanzahl	400
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.