Meaning of LEAKEY
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- [n] English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
- [n] English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- [n] English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
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| | Synonyms: | | Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey |
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| | See Also: | | anthropologist, fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist | |
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