Origins Reconsidered

Richard E.

Leakey

Orgins Reconsidered is Richard Leakey's personal account of his fossil hunting and landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, his reassessment of human prehistory based on new evidence and analytical techniques, and his profound pondering of how we became human - and what 'human' really means.

Returning to his 1977 book ORIGINS, to reflect anew on what makes us who we really are, leakey has generated a seminal work, discussing not only how humans evolved anatomically but how we acquired the qualities of consciousness and humanity. It will remain a classic book for years to come.