Louise Leakey digs for humanity's origins

About this film

Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks, TED2008, TED, Talks, Africa, anthropology, apes, evolution, human origins, humanity, paleontology, science, 2008

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