A review by liam_tha_dawg
Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human by Richard E. Leakey

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

More narrative than Origins. As in Origins, I like how Leakey is willing to make some speculations about what prehistoric life may have been like instead of just saying “there’s no way to be certain, so we shouldn’t try to make any guesses about how people used to live.” I also like his recounting of the evolution of prehistory as an academic field and the different conflicts throughout time. On the negative side, I disagreed with some of his arguments about evolution or maybe I just didn’t follow them correctly.