Mary Leakey and her husband were both known for their archaeological findings. As a child, Mary traveled everywhere with her parents and they loved to visit archaeological digs. After Mary's fathers death, she refused to go to school and even made herself get kicked out. By sending out letters to people digging in London, and she was invited to assist at a few different locations. She followed to experts actions and learned how to properly observed an artifact. Soon she was invited to lectures and events and that's how she met her husband. After their wedding, they headed to Africa. Because of Louis and Mary's findings, we now know today that the earliest humans were found in Africa. Mary became the first person to discover an ancestor to both apes and humans with it being 18 million years old. She and her husband continued making great discoveries and worked until old age. This book is written by the same author who wrote the Henry Ford book I reviewed earlier. The writing style is the same and the illustrations are by the same person as well. They both end on the same not of the main character's passing. ( )