| 1. Leakey [ Synonyms: richard erskine leakey, richard leakey] | |
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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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| 2. Leakey [ Synonyms: mary douglas leakey, mary leakey] | |
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English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
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| 3. Leakey [ Synonyms: louis leakey, louis seymour bazett leakey] | |
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English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
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