Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 1903, in Kabete, Kenya. His parents, Mary Bazett (d. 1948) and Harry Leakey (1868-1940) were Church of England missionaries at the Church Missionary Society, Kabete, Kenya. As a child, while pursuing...

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 Kabete, Kenya, near Nairobi, in 1901. Leakey was born...

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 Leakey helped change the prevailing view of humankind's...

1903-1972 British Kenyan Archaeologist and Anthropologist Whenever a scientist makes a discovery that challenges the established information of his or her time, the result is predictable—controversy. This was certainly the case during the...

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 human origins. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born in 1903 outside...

Viewpoint: Yes, the fossils found by Louis and Mary Leakey and by Donald Johanson represent several hominid species. Viewpoint: No, the hominid fossils found and named by Donald Johanson and Louis and Mary Leakey represent a single species of...

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 1903, in Kabete, Kenya. His parents, Mary Bazett (d. 1948) and Harry Leakey (1868–1940) were Church of England missionaries at the Church Missionary Society, Kabete, Kenya. Louis spent his...

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 Africa. He also played a major role in creating...

* Perhaps the person most responsible for alerting the world to the plight of Africa's gorillas was Dian Fossey (1932-1985). Fossey was a U.S. zoologist who was inspired by the work of Dr. Louis Leakey in Africa. In 1966, she went to the...

I A preceding article examined the ethnographic, linguistic and archeological enquiries of G.W.B. Huntingford (1901-1978) and L.S.B. Leakey (1903-1972) in the Kenya highlands in the "high colonial" era of the 1920s and 1930s-the one, a young settler, researching independently in the Kalenjin region...

Jane Goodall discovered that sometimes knowing less is more.When Louis Leakey sent her to the Gombe Stream chimpanzee preserve in 1960 in what is now Tanzania, Goodall was only a secretarial school graduate. That turned out to be one of the pluses. Leakey felt women...

Provides a personal history of anthropologist Louis Leakey. Describes his early life, education and influences. Examines his work, scientific findings and effect on Jane Goodall's study of chimpanzees in the wild.