The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past Free Audiobook Download by Samira Leakey,Meave Leakey

Samira Leakey Meave Leakey was born in 1931 in Kenya. She grew up on the family farm and has been passionately interested in the land her entire life. At a very young age she noticed that many of her neighbors were selling their land, which was traditionally passed down from one generation to another, for a small amount of money. Samira's older sister read about the family farm in the search for their ancestors and found out that they had actually sold it to British colonialists for fifty pounds.

Samira Leakey Meave Leakey takes listeners on an extraordinary story of family, history and forgotten traces. Samira Leakey is a dedicated anthropologist and a renowned geneticist. Her great-grandfather was Louis Leaky, who wrote the first comprehensive study on the ancient hunting weapons known as Stone Age axes. They have been found in various parts of East Africa but also Europe. Samira shares her personal journey to understand her family's role in this discovery and how they contributed to a larger world view. Susan Lyons masterfully captures the complexity of this scientific field and its layers of historical interpretation

Samira Leakey Meave Leakey is an autobiographical book by Samira Leakey that documents the story of her search for her long lost ancestors. The book provides insightful detail into the life of a young girl and documents the struggles she faced in achieving to fill in the gaps in her family history.

The Sediments of Time by Samira Leakey Meave Leakey is a beautiful and captivating memoir that spans the ages. Beginning in Africa with her father, Louis Leakey, this amazing woman recounts how she traveling across the globe documenting human history. In 1948 when her father died Samira went to Cambridge University to study anthropology and archaeology. This lifelong journey led her to Kenya and the discovery of "the Olduvai Gorge" or "the gorge of our forefathers". Samira tells this very interesting story in which she provides a comprehensive history of humanity beginning at 3 million years ago up through present day.

Many books share the story of a historical event, however, this book shares the story of an archaeological discovery: that of hominin fossils belonging to our earliest ancestors. With each chapter, the narrator recounts how she searched for over three decades to find these fossils and how they impacted her life.

The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past by Samira Leakey Meave Leakey is an audiobook download. It tells the life story of two members of a family who have made their contribution to Africa in their own way, one with archaeology and the other with anthropology. This was an interesting book that I would recommend for people interested in learning about what goes on in Africa and other parts of the world.