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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Leake leak leaky lek Lesa Leja leek Lege Lakey Leaks Lease Leask Lecia Leeks Leesa Legge Leick Leija Leisa Lesha Lesia Lesko Leese Lexie leggy Leisy |