Richard E Leakey

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1) Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future

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Leakey, Richard E

Publisher

Dutton

Pub. Date

1977

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Discusses the evolution of prehistoric ape-like creatures into human beings, theorizing that the key to this transformation was the ability to share and cooperate in a social context.

2) Origins reconsidered: in search of what makes us human

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Leakey, Richard E

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

1992

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In Origins Reconsidered, Richard Leakey, one of the most respected and influential scientists of our time, takes us on a brilliant and provocative journey through human history. Beginning with his landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, and including his fascinating reassessment of how we became "human"--And what, after all, being human really means - Leakey concludes with a glimpse of what our evolutionary future may hold. In 1984, Richard Leakey and...