Apr. 15, 2011
Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past--And Future
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Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey talks about what several generations of fossil finds reveal about human origins, and how modern Homo sapiens are threatening the future of life around the globe. Evolutionary biologist Quentin Atkinson joins to discuss the origins of language, which, like hominids, he's traced to Africa. |
Guests
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Richard Leakey
Founder, Turkana Basin Institute
Professor, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York -
Quentin Atkinson
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology
University of Auckland
New Zealand
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The Origin Of Humankind (Science Masters Series)
by Richard Leakey
Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
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Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures
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