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Leakey


Definition: Meaning of, Leakey in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈliːki /

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  1. a family of British scientists working in the area of PALEONTOLOGY (=the study of ancient animals and plants that have been preserved in rock). The family includes Mary Leakey (1913-96 ), her husband Louis Leakey (1903-72), and their son Richard Leakey (1944- ), all of whom discovered many FOSSIL s and human bones in Tanzania, which have provided important information about how humans first developed
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  • Louis Leakey (noun)
    1. 1903-1972 english palaeontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution
  • Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (noun)
    1. 1903-1972 english palaeontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution
  • Mary Douglas Leakey (noun)
    1. 1913-1996 the wife of Louis Leakey english palaeontologist who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old
  • Mary Leakey (noun)
    1. 1913-1996 the wife of Louis Leakey english palaeontologist who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old
  • Richard Erskine Leakey (noun)
    1. born in 1944 son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey english palaeontologist who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure
  • Richard Leakey (noun)
    1. born in 1944 son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey english palaeontologist who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure
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