biography
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Leakey, L(ouis) S(eymour) B(azett)
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pronunciation:
[leekee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–72)
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| biography:
| Archaeologist and physical anthropologist, born in Kabete, WC Kenya. He studied at Cambridge, took part in several archaeological expeditions in East Africa, and became curator of the Coryndon Memorial Museum at Nairobi (1945–61). His great discoveries took place in East Africa, where in 1959, together with his wife, he unearthed the skull of Zinjanthropus. In 1964 he found remains of Homo habilis, and in 1967 discovered Kenyapithecus africanus. He also unearthed evidence of human habitation in California more than 50 000 years old. |
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