Louise Leakey: Digging for Humanity's Origins
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 7:30pm
Location
Bankhead Theater - Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
2400 First Street
Details
Speaker. Homo Sapiens. Fossil Seeker.
The burning question that consumes Louise Leakey—born in Kenya, Princess of Merode, and heir to the famed Leakey dynasty of fossil seekers—is, “How is it that Homo Sapiens are the only surviving species out of the genus Homo; the upright ape species that have called Earth home over the past 8 million years?”
