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" The Leakeys : "
Mary Bowman-Kruhm.
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BL
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1037703
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b792073
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| Main Entry
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Bowman-Kruhm, Mary.
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The Leakeys : : a biography /\ Mary Bowman-Kruhm.
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 2005.
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Greenwood biographies,
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1 online resource (xvi, 150 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations.
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0313062110
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: 9780313062117
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0313329850
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index.
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Timeline: Significant events in the lives of the Leakeys -- A fact-finding mission (forward to the past) -- In the beginning ... (Louis, 1925-1933) -- Positive choices, negative voices (Mary, 1913-1936; Louis, 1933-1936) -- War and children : real time (1937-1946) -- Peace and turmoil, personal and political (1947-1958) -- Human history carved in bone (1959-1971) -- Skull drudgery and skullduggery (1972-1977) -- Contentious, contention, and a critical condition (1978-1988) -- Burning his tusks behind him (1989-2003) -- But wait, there's more (2004 and beyond).
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Three generations of Leakeys have dug in East Africa for fossil evidence that answers questions about human origins. Louis and Mary, husband and wife, began what would turn into decades of research and fieldwork, often disproving common theories and beliefs of the time. Son Richard followed in his parents' foot steps, along with his wife Meave, and made spectacular finds as well. Today, Louise, the oldest daughter of Richard and Meave, continues the family tradition with fieldwork in northern Kenya.
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Leakey, L. S. B., (Louis Seymour Bazett),1903-1972.
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Leakey, Mary D., (Mary Douglas),1913-1996.
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Leakey, Richard E.
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Leakey, L. S. B, (Louis Seymour Bazett),1903-1972.
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Leakey, Mary D, (Mary Douglas),1913-
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Leakey, Richard E.
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Leakey, L. S. B., (Louis Seymour Bazett),1903-1972.
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Leakey, Mary D., (Mary Douglas),1913-1996.
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Leakey, Richard E.
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Fossil hominids-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Paleoanthropologists-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge, Biography.
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Physical anthropologists-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge-- Antiquities.
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Stone age-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Antiquities.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Scientists Psychologists.
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Fossil hominids.
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Paleoanthropologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.
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Stone age.
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Anthropology, Physical.
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Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), Antiquities.
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Kenya.
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Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge.
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301.092/2B
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GN50.5.B68 2005eb
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