leakey
1. [ noun ] (anthropology) English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Synonyms: mary_leakey mary_douglas_leakey
Related terms: anthropologist paleontologist
2. [ noun ] (anthropology) 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)
Synonyms: richard_leakey richard_erskine_leakey
Related terms: anthropologist paleontologist
3. [ noun ] (anthropology) English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Synonyms: Louis_Seymour_Bazett_Leakey Louis_Leakey
Related terms: anthropologist paleontologist
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