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Leakey family discovers human ancestors; 1959; ... From the late 1930s, Louis and Mary Leakey found stone tools in Olduvai and elsewhere, found several extinct vertebrates, including the 25-million-year-old Pronconsul primate, one of the first and few fossil ape skulls to be found.
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The Leakey Family; Without the groundbreaking — and backbreaking — efforts of Louis, Mary and Richard, the story of how we evolved would still be largely untold; By DONALD C. ... Not only did Louis, his wife Mary and their second son Richard make the key discoveries that shaped our understanding of human origins,
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www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/leakey.html
www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/leakey.html
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It was then, after decades of the Leakeys' working in isolation and operating on shoestring budgets, that the National Geographic Society agreed to support and promote the "Leakey legacy." Louis was, for Geographic, everything it could have wished for in an African adventurer.
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The Leakey Family ... Mary Leakey (b. 1913, d. 1996); Mary Douglas Leakey was one of the world's most renowned hunters of early human fossils, credited with many discoveries that have changed the way scientists conceive human evolution.
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The mission of the Leakey Foundation is to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins and evolution. ... View more Leakey Foundation videos ... Timeline of Discoveries...
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www.leakeyfoundation.org/
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Over the span of more than seventy years, they have made major discoveries proving that humans originated in Africa, and that human ancestors were much older than previously believed. ... Morell, Virginia. Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
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Louis Leakey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey ( L.S.B. Leakey ) (August 7, 1903 – October 1, 1972) was a Kenyan archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in...
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Six decades and three generations later the Leakey family maintains the same commitment to piecing together the story of our origins. They have always believed that sharing and helping to interpret their discoveries with an enthusiastic and interested public is an essential part of their work.
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www.leakey.com/
www.leakey.com/
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No wonder Leakey became the patriarch of a family that dominated anthropology as no family has dominated a scientific field before or since. ... Not only did Louis, his wife Mary and their second son Richard make the key discoveries that shaped our understanding of human origins, but they also inspired a generation...
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