num_pages: 144
description: A biography of the family of paleoanthropologists who pioneered the search for human origins  in East Africa describes Mary Leakey's discovery of fossils at Olduvai Gorge and Richard Leakey's teamwork at Lake Turkana, including the discovery of the remarkable Turkana Boy. The Turkana team included his wife Meave Leakey who helped piece together the fragments of a skull known as 1470, and went on to make her own discoveries in Kenya, with daughter, Louise Leakey. The author accompanied the Leakey's during some of their work in the field, including the excavation of the Turkana Boy.
language: English
title: The Leakey Family: Leaders in the Search for Human Origins
titlecomplete: The Leakey Family: Leaders in the Search for Human Origins (Makers of Modern Science)
ratings_count: 2
series: Makers of Modern Science
publisher: Facts on File