
Where did modern humankind come from?
Scientists,, scholars, and experts have been trying to find the answer for generations.
One of the most prominent among them was Kenyan-born Richard Leakey.
His parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, we’re also renowned paleoanthropologists whose work centered on finding the origins of modern humans.
In 1977, Richard Leakey co-authored at groundbreaking book called Origins. But by 1992, he had Unearthed new material the prompted him to write a sequel, called Origins Reconsidered.
And that’s what I met him.
So here now, from 1992, Richard Leakey.
Richard Leakey died earlier this month. He was 77.
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