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Description

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 photos.

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On a rainy April day in 1902, Mary Bazett Leakey stepped off the train at Kikuyu Station, Kenya Colony, clutching her seven-month-old baby, Gladys, in her arms.

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  1. Virginia Morell (Author)
 

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