The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past - Hardcover

Leakey, Meave; Leakey, Samira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0358206677 ISBN 13: 9780358206675

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2020

Synopsis

Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoirwritten with her daughter Samiraencapsulates 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.

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About the Authors

MEAVE LEAKEY currently coheads the significant field efforts in northern Kenya, started nearly a century ago by Louis and Mary Leakey, seeking the fossil records to the roots of humankind. She has worked at the National Museums of Kenya since 1969, including the head of the paleontology department, and is research professor at Stony Brook University, New York. She is the recipient of several honorary degrees, has been elected an honorary fellow of the Geological Society of London, inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, was a National Geographic Explorer in Residence, served as a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, and received the National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal, among many other accolades and achievements. She is also an author of numerous groundbreaking scientific publications in prestigious journals and of several monographs documenting her research.


SAMIRA LEAKEY obtained a BA in politics with First-Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a master's in public administration from Princeton University. Samira worked at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and now lives in Nairobi with her daughter.

Susan Lyons has appeared on numerous television shows, including A Country Practice, Police Rescue, Something in the Air, and All Saints. Among her film credits are Winds of Jarrah and In a Savage Land. She is married to Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0358206677
• ISBN 13: 9780358206675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400