06939cam a2201585 4500 545397604 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780358308942 0358308941 f3c264a2-368d-4eba-8cf9-c2608e7229a7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5077350 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Leakey, Meave. The Sediments of Time [Libby] : My Lifelong Search for the Past. HarperAudio, 2020. skull. bones. Africa. Biography. motherhood. dig. expedition. Nature. autobiographies. Complexity Theory. Natural history. memories. complexity. discovery. Science. Autobiography. Memoirs. African wildlife. Short Stories. Evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Biology. Evolution. Human Origins. Gift Books. Climate change. Environment. ancestry. Nairobi. biographies. human evolution. essay collection. Wildlife. Nostalgia. Biological Anthropology. Kenya. plane crash. Fossils. Essays. Archaeology. narrative nonfiction. Apes. Geology. memoir. Life Science. mother and daughter. Darwin. Personal Memoir. National Geographic. scientific discovery. father's day gift. biographies and memoirs. palaeontology. hominins. female scientists. human history. women in science. louis leakey. books for women. science books. Richard Leakey. anthro. scientific breakthroughs. mother's day gift. gifts for women. books about science. female scientist. science memoir. leaky. nat geo. science book. Climate patterns. co-writers. science books for adults. science gifts. famous family. history of mankind. women essays. human lineage. Kidney Donation. history of humankind. best science writing. science gifts for adults. famous scientist. human fossils. stony brook. Palaeontological. human ancestors. Bones of Turkana. female scientist memoir. fossil findings. gift for science lovers. Leakey family. Leakeys. Maeve Leakey. Maeve Leaky. Mary Leakey. Meave Leakey. overview of human evolution. paleoanthopology. prehumans. Richard Leakey wife. sameera leakey. samira leakey. Turkana Basin. woman led expedition. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 401MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 401MB. Biography & Autobiography. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>"Extraordinary . . . This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs."<br /> —<i>New York Times Book Review</i>, Editors' Choice<br /> Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field.</b><br /> In <i>The Sediments of Time</i><i>,</i> preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early pre-human ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team's fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors.<br /> <br /> Meave's own personal story is replete with drama, from thrilling discoveries on the shores of Lake Turkana to run-ins with armed herders and every manner of wildlife, to raising her children and supporting her renowned paleoanthropologist husband Richard Leakey's ambitions amidst social and political strife in Kenya. When Richard needs a kidney, Meave provides him with hers, and when he asks her to assume the reins of their field expeditions after he loses both legs in a plane crash, the result of likely sabotage, Meave steps in.<br /> <br /> <i>The Sediments of Time</i> is the summation of a lifetime of Meave Leakey's efforts; it is a compelling picture of our human origins and climate change, as well as a high-stakes story of ambition, struggle, and hope.<br /> <b>"A fascinating glimpse into our origins. Meave Leakey is a great storyteller, and she presents new information about the far off time when we emerged from our ape-like ancestors to start the long journey that has led to our becoming the dominant species on Earth. That story, woven into her own journey of research and discovery, gives us a book that is informative and captivating, one that you will not forget."</b><br /> <b>—Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute</b></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Leakey, Samira. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0874-1/5077350-TheSedimentsOfTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f3c264a2-368d-4eba-8cf9-c2608e7229a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0874-1/5077350-TheSedimentsOfTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f3c264a2-368d-4eba-8cf9-c2608e7229a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)