Seamless blending of fact and fiction
‘Follow Me to Africa’ is a deeply satisfying and fascinating read
20 February 2025 - 05:00
In Follow Me to Africa, Penny Haw takes inspiration from an influential woman in history, archaeologist and palaeontologist, Mary Leakey. Leakey worked alongside her husband, Louis, in East Africa from the 1930s-1980s.
She made many important discoveries, including the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape that is now believed to be ancestral to humans, and the Zinjanthropus boisei skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania...
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