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The fact that our species now has a hard history is largely to the credit of one family, the Leakeys: the late Louis Leakey, his wife Mary, their son Richard and his wife Maeve.
Our arrival was unforgettable: music was thumping through open doors (Vangelis's score for 1492 I later chose it for Desert Island Discs), and the assembled company of 20 guests was about to sit down to a characteristic lunch of lake crayfish risotto.
The new finds suggest that our ancestors were already walking upright 4m years ago, surprisingly close (to some) to our split from the lineage of chimpanzees.