Leakey, Louis and Mary
Anthropologists Louis Leakey 1903-1969 Mary Leakey 1913-1996
Louis and Mary Leakey were a husband-and-wife anthropology team that contributed much to the modern understanding of...
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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
1903-1972
British Kenyan Archaeologist and Anthropologist
Whenever a scientist makes a discovery that challenges the established information of his or her time, the result ...
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Do the Fossils Found at the Sites Explored by Louis and Mary Leakey and the Sites Explored by Donald Johanson Represent Several Hominidspecies or Only One?
Viewpoint: Yes, the fossils found by Louis a...
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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903 – 1972) African-Born English Paleontologist and Anthropologist
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 1903, in Kabete, Kenya. His parents, Mary Baze...
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Louis S. B. Leakey
Born August 7, 1903. Kabete (near Nairobi), Kenya Died October 1, 1972, London, England
Mary Leakey
Born February 6, 1913, London, England Died December 9, 1996, Nairobi, Kenya
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A pioneer in the field of paleoanthropology--the study of early humans and prehumans through both their fossilized remains and the cultural artifacts (mostly stone tools) they left behind--Louis Leake...
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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 1903, in Kabete, Kenya. His parents, Mary Bazett (d. 1948) and Harry Leakey (1868-1940) were Church of England missionaries at the Church Missionary S...
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The British anthropologist Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972) made major contributions to the study of prehistoric man.The parents of L. S. B. Leakey were British missionaries who settled at Kabe...
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Both of Louis Leakey's parents were missionaries in Kenya and he was born there in 1903 where he grew up with African children and learned to hunt and speak their language fluently. He was influence...
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