Louis Leakey Summary

Leakey, Louis and Mary Anthropologists Louis Leakey 1903-1969 Mary Leakey 1913-1996 Louis and Mary Leakey were a husband-and-wife anthropology team that contributed much to the modern understanding of... Read more

Do the Fossils Found at the Sites Explored by Louis and Mary Leakey and the Sites Explored by Donald Johanson Represent Several Hominidspecies or Only One? Viewpoint: Yes, the fossils found by Louis a... Read more

Louis S. B. Leakey Born August 7, 1903. Kabete (near Nairobi), Kenya Died October 1, 1972, London, England Mary Leakey Born February 6, 1913, London, England Died December 9, 1996, Nairobi, Kenya ... Read more

The British anthropologist Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972) made major contributions to the study of prehistoric man.The parents of L. S. B. Leakey were British missionaries who settled at Kabe... Read more

A pioneer in the field of paleoanthropology--the study of early humans and prehumans through both their fossilized remains and the cultural artifacts (mostly stone tools) they left behind--Louis Leake... Read more

Both of Louis Leakey's parents were missionaries in Kenya and he was born there in 1903 where he grew up with African children and learned to hunt and speak their language fluently. He was influence... Read more