
Origins
1977
First Published
4.12
Average Rating
264
Number of Pages
Discusses the evolution of prehistoric ape-like creatures into human beings, theorizing that the key to this transformation was the ability to share & cooperate in a social context.
Avg Rating
4.12
Number of Ratings
467
5 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author

Richard E. Leakey
Author · 9 books
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey was a paleoanthropologist and conservationist. He was the second born of three sons of the archaeologists Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, and was the younger brother of Colin Leakey.