noun
- 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
- 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
- English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972. ).
- synonyms: Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
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