Animated Life: Mary Leakey

Published on 12/10/2015
CATEGORIES: Video, Education

This wonderful animated documentary by Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck remembers the life and work of Mary Leakey.

Category: : Video, Education
SUBJECT(S): paleoanthropology, Mary Leakey

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ASU Institute of Human Origins celebrates Lucy with a 50th-anniversary symposium

Lucy is one of the most famous fossils of all time. The discovery of this species had a major impact on the science of human origins and evolution. Why? What was that impact? Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lucy's discovery with a symposium on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

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