The Sediments of Time - by Meave Leakey & Samira Leakey (Paperback)

The Sediments of Time is a thrilling memoir that takes readers on an unforgettable journey with preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey.

This high-stakes tale encapsulates her distinguished life and career, revealing the diversity of our early prehuman ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution.

With a fresh account of our past, this book offers new insights into our ancestors, thanks to recent breakthroughs in analysis of Meave's team's fossil findings.

Meave's personal story is replete with drama, from thrilling discoveries on the shores of Lake Turkana 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, Meave steps in.

The Sediments of Time is the summation of a lifetime of Meave Leakey's efforts: it is a compelling picture of our human origins that will captivate and inspire readers.