Virginia Morell
Biographic Data
| ID | 140601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Morell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Morell |
| SIGNATURE | MORELL V |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
L eakey, L ouis (1903–72) and M ary (1913–96)
Louis and Mary Leakey pioneered the study of human origins in East Africa and helped to establish the science of paleoanthropology. Beginning in the 1930s, they worked together on numerous expeditions and excavations, uncovering fossils and artifacts that proved humans evolved first in Africa. In the process, they made the Leakey name synonymous with the study of human evolution
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins of man. The Leakeys have dominated their science. Not only did each of them make key fossil discoveries, but Louis (who argued that man did not originate on the Eurasian continent tens of thousands of years ago, but was more likely to have evolved in Africa millions of ye…
An Anthropological Culture Shift: A federal law that puts Native American rights and religion ahead of scientific curiosity is reshaping North American anthropology and archeology
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins of man. The Leakeys have dominated their science. Not only did each of them make key fossil discoveries, but Louis (who argued that man did not originate on the Eurasian continent tens of thousands of years ago, but was more likely to have evolved in Africa millions of ye…
An Anthropological Culture Shift: A federal law that puts Native American rights and religion ahead of scientific curiosity is reshaping North American anthropology and archeology
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins of man. The Leakeys have dominated their science. Not only did each of them make key fossil discoveries, but Louis (who argued that man did not originate on the Eurasian continent tens of thousands of years ago, but was more likely to have evolved in Africa millions of ye…
L eakey, L ouis (1903–72) and M ary (1913–96)
Louis and Mary Leakey pioneered the study of human origins in East Africa and helped to establish the science of paleoanthropology. Beginning in the 1930s, they worked together on numerous expeditions and excavations, uncovering fossils and artifacts that proved humans evolved first in Africa. In the process, they made the Leakey name synonymous with the study of human evolution
Biology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Evolutionary biology (1 works) · History (1 works)