Episode 37: From the Archive - Mary Leakey
Origin Stories
English - June 14, 2019 16:36 - 46 minutes - 64 MB - ★★★★★ - 412 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Social Sciences anthropology archaeology behavior evolution leakey science storytelling biology education humanevolution Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mary Leakey was called the "grand dame" of archaeology. She was a methodical and exacting scientist who made some of the world's most significant archaeological discoveries. In this lecture from The Leakey Foundation archive, Mary Leakey tells the story of Olduvai Gorge, the place where she found fossils that completely changed our understanding of human origins.
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